The So-Called "Rat Hair Cashmere" Oolong Incident

< p > recently, the news of a Italy Chinese using rat fur to fill the a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp" > cashmere less than /a > clothing counterfeit brand has been on the Internet.

According to the news, the Italy police arrested 14 Chinese in Italy and confiscated about one million cashmere garments, which were actually made from rat fur.

In the post of netizens, a lot of commentaries refer directly to the people of Wenzhou, and express the idea of "rat hair filling cashmere".

To this end, reporters to several business people in Italy Wenzhou people to further verify the relevant news.

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< p > "I saw this news a few days ago, but there was no specific description of where it was, and they were not arrested, but they were accused."

First of all, reporters contacted WeChat's Chinese women's restaurant in Yongjia, Italy, via WeChat.

She told reporters that the news was seen on the public WeChat account of "Italy Chinese" the other day, and she forwarded it to reporters.

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< p > the information released in February 4th was as follows: about one million garments were seized, including products sold as cashmere (cashmere), but in fact they were made of acrylic, viscose, mouse and other animal hair. This is the result of the action of Livorno and Rome tax police, and 14 Chinese were accused of commercial fraud.

Together with fake Cashmere (cashmere), it is also found that the products labeled "Merino wool", "silk" or "Pashmina" (cashmere) are also fake.

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< p > but Ms. Qu said that although it is not said where the Chinese are in China, it is basically the Wenzhou people and the Qingtian people who are doing the clothing trade in Italy.

Subsequently, the reporter contacted a number of Wenzhou people engaged in the clothing trade business in Italy.

In Ouhai, Chueng Kwok Kuen, executive vice president of the Federation of overseas Chinese in Wenzhou, Italy, Rome, founder of a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/business/" > trade < /a > General Manager of the company told reporters on the phone that the 14 accused were his friends.

"It's all in a circle. It's Wenzhou people.

It's from Ruian, Wencheng, and downtown. "

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< p > < strong > using a chemical fiber instead of cashmere > /strong > /p >

< p > for everyone's concern about the problem of rat hair filling cashmere, Chueng Kwok Kuen laughed and said, "do you believe it? I don't believe it anyway."

He said that the clothing companies concerned were replacing chemical fibers with cashmere, but their hands felt almost the same as cashmere. Only after testing and testing were chemical fibers found.

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< p > "because Chinese made goods are mainly won by price, they are not willing to use real cashmere."

Chueng Kwok Kuen said frankly.

He revealed that the inspection is a routine sampling inspection, including the clothing enterprises set up by locals, which is also being examined, and is not aimed at Chinese people as online.

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< p > it is understood that there are now more than 1000 enterprises engaged in garment trade in Italy. Among them, there are 350 a href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp" > special /a > cashmere sweaters.

Chueng Kwok Kuen did not say so much about the "about one million garments seized" in the news.

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< p > "in Italy, only serious criminal cases can be arrested.

However, although not arrested, it can be said to be a heavy loss.

Business events like this usually give you a fine of 20 or 30 years. "

Chueng Kwok Kuen said helplessly.

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