Editor: Du Yu Recently, "inferior down products are filled with silk" and "the duvet you bought may be an inferior flying silk quilt" has triggered heated discussions. On November 25, Jiangsu Nantong Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau issued a situation report

Recently, "inferior down products are filled with silk" and "the duvet you bought may be an inferior flying silk quilt" has triggered heated discussions.

On November 25, Jiangsu Nantong Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau issued a situation report:

On the evening of November 24, CCTV’s “Financial Investigation” column reported on the city’s relevant down quilt business entities. There are cases of products being sold with 'silk' instead of 'velvet', etc. The municipal and district market supervision departments and the local public security departments conducted on-site inspections overnight. In response to the illegal activities of relevant business entities, measures such as fixing evidence, sealing and seizing, and filing cases for investigation and punishment have been adopted. Enforcement Measures.

reported that it will continue to investigate the city's home textile business entities, severely crack down on illegal production and operation activities such as adulteration, passing off fakes as genuine, and passing off substandard products in accordance with the law, and resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and fair competition in the market order.

Winter has arrived, and down products such as down jackets and duvets have become popular in the market. However, some "fake down products" are rampant in the online and offline markets.

According to CCTV Finance, some duvets that claim to be affordable and of high quality appeared in some live broadcast rooms.

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Reporters went to Nantong City, Jiangsu Province to conduct unannounced visits to these e-commerce companies. They learned from the staff that the filling of the duvets sent to consumers' homes was not down, but "silk", quality inspection report , down inflatable labels are all fake.

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live broadcast room staff broke the news that although these duvets come with various tags and labels, such as "first-class product", "90% white goose down", "fill power 1000+" and "reputation guarantee mark" ""Zhenxuan 5a" Slogans such as “high-grade down” are completely false and purely false labels to deceive consumers.

Public information shows that crushed wool and flying silk materials are made from the scraps of duck and goose feathers and then crushed into velvet shape. After being produced into down products, the thermal insulation effect is poor and there is also a risk of disease.

For down products, the state has clear regulations:

From the perspective of the industry, in addition to the above-mentioned companies involved lacking integrity and passing off substandard products to make profits, it also reflects the impact of the continued rise in down prices on low-end down production companies.

In the past year, due to the long-term downturn in pig prices, poultry breeding has been affected, and down prices have continued to run at high levels.

Down Gold Network data shows that the prices of various down have increased to varying degrees since 2023. In the first half of 2024, the price increase will be more obvious. 90% of white goose down has increased from 9 in January 2024 to 9 in 2024. The price started to increase from 05 yuan/kg to 1,220 yuan/kg in July 2024, with a cumulative increase of about 35%. As of November 20, it still remained at 1,099.7 yuan/kg, continuing to run at a high level; the market situation of white and gray duck down Also similar.

Liu Changsheng, chairman of the Breeding Duck Alliance of Shandong Animal Husbandry Association, told the media that the price of raw wool increased by 30% to 40% year-on-year when it was the highest this year.

It is worth noting that the third quarter is also the peak season for down sales, and the continued high down prices have also put pressure on downstream industries.

On the other hand, it is also related to changes in the demand side of the down market. According to Wu Yu, operations director of Down Gold Network, although there are external factors such as European bird flu, the cold air arrived late this year, sales during the e-commerce festival were mediocre, and the current export of down products may also be affected. Therefore, the down market is expected to be slow this year. Fall back to a rational space.

Liu Changsheng said that the price of duck feathers has dropped recently. The specific drop is still under negotiation. There is a general intention but it has not been finalized yet. The main reason is that the weather has not been cold so far this year, down jacket sales are not active, the market is unclear, and manufacturers are afraid to purchase goods. Subsequent price trends must also be judged based on weather changes and market sales dynamics.

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