Responding to internationalpressure in the wake of reports of unsafe toys being exported from China, regulators there have reportedly suspended the export licenses of more than 750 toy companies, and put an additional 600 companies onnotice to improve their production facilities or face similarsuspensions.
According to a recent report in The New York Times, government inspectors in Guangdong in southern China said that they hadvisited over 1700 toy manufacturers, and revoked the export licenses of 764 companies. Nearly as many were ordered to bring their factories up to quality standards, The Times reported.
The crackdown by Chinese authorities came quickly in response to efforts by American legislators and European Union officials torestrict the importation of toys made in China, and to implementtougher penalties on companies that sell hazardous products. If implemented, such restrictions and tougher sanctions could interrupt important supply chains of the more than 5000 estimated toy manufacturers operating in southern China, including those not directly affected by the actions of Chinese regulators.
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