With the new school year approaching, 150,000 imported items, including school supplies and toys that did not meet safety standards, were detected. This is three times the number compared to the 54,000 items found during a focused inspection conducted at a similar time last year.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the tariff agency noted on the 27th that the recent focused safety inspections on children's products, which are expected to see an increase in demand ahead of the new school year, were conducted from the 5th to the 25th of last month.
This focused inspection was primarily conducted on 13 categories of learning and play products, such as school supplies and toys, that children commonly use at the beginning of the school year. A total of 118,000 toys and 33,000 school supplies were mainly detected.
The customs stage safety inspection is a collaborative effort by the tariff agency and relevant ministries to prevent the illegal and substandard products that threaten public safety from entering the country. The National Standards Agency and the tariff agency have been conducting safety inspections since 2016 on electric appliances, everyday products, and children's products.
The National Standards Agency and the tariff agency stated, "We plan to continuously conduct focused safety inspections in line with periods of rapid demand for specific product categories, like the new school year, to ensure public safety."