Que ça plaise ou non, la Chine a bien des lois de contrôle qualité pour les produits qui entrent sur son territoire. Et Hermès vient d'en faire l'amère expérience...
Citons le China Daily:
"Another fault uncovered by the test included improper labeling. In response to this claim, Cao Lei, a communication director with Hermes in China, said:"Zhejiang administration took the samples in December 2009 and we were informed of the results in January 2010. It is undeniable that we have made some mistakes in labeling and we have started to correct all of the labels on the mainland, which will be finished by the end of March."
The article is on how clothes from well-known luxury goods makers like Hermes, Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Paul & Shark, Trussardi and Hugo Boss were "proven to be substandard in a routine quality control test." and then ordered "to be withdrawn from sale." These garments "were manufactured in Italy, Morocco, Korea, France, Turkey, Vietnam and India before being imported into China" and "covered a range of attire, from jeans and T-shirts to sweaters, skirts and suits:"
Plus généralement, beaucoup d'entrepreneurs étrangers semblent oublier que de tels contrôles qualité existent en Chine, sans doute notamment à cause de malheureux précédents comme cette poudre blanche, le dyméthilfumarate, que l'on avait trouvé au fond de bottes Etam ou sur des canapés en cuir Conforama en France.
Plus sur le sujet grâce au blog d'un cabinet d'avocats en Chine: