Are figures of defective products coming from the Peoples Republic of China increasing?
First of all, we are not talking here about 48% of all imported goods from China. RAPEX figures only refer to notified products generating an alert in the EU early warning system. And secondly, while the overall trade flow between the EU and China has greatly increased over the 2003-2006 period, the overall number of RAPEX notifications of Chinese origin has remained stable, even going down to 46% in the first six months of 2007.
