Laboratory test is required in some cases to ensure compliance and conformity of your products. For instance, fashion jewelry selling to US and EU needs to be tested for the content of hazardous elements such as lead, cadmium and nickel. We require a third-party, authoritative test report from supplier, and do additional lab test when necessary. The cost for the additional test is usually covered by supplier if the test result fails.

Testing laboratories in China

Sometimes you have to test your products to ensure compliance to your country’s safety regulations. A couple of big companies, as well as some local testing labs are capable of testing the most common product categories.

You will get a list of relevant tests with quotations from the lab if you send them the product descriptions (better with photos) and the destination country/state info.

The big companies cover wider spectrum of product categories and their test results appear more authoritative; while smaller local labs offer more competitive price and often better service. Figure out what’s important to you and use the kind that suits your needs better.

Some of the big international testing agencies

SGS

District A, 10/F, Kexin Building, No. 959, Binhong Road, Wucheng District, Jinhua, Zhejiang, 321000
T: +86 579 82065212
www.sgsgroup.com.cn/en/

Intertek Testing Services

1180 Bianan Road, HangZhou, Zhejiang, 310052
T: +86 571 8679 1228
www.intertek.com/contact/asiapacific/china/

Bureau Veritas

2709-2710 Fengqi Commercial Mansion, No. 181 Fengqi Road, HANGZHOU 310003
T: 86 571 8611 2722
www.en.bureauveritas.cn/

TUV-SUD

15F - F, Zhongtian Mansion, No. 173, Yugu Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou
T: +86 571 8111 0758
www.tuv-sud.cn/home.html

TUV-Rheinland

Floor 23, Jincheng Building, Zongbu Center, Yongkang City, Zhejiang
T: +86 579 8929 0769
www.tuv.com/en/corporate/home.jsp

A couple of smaller local labs

For those buyers that are looking for the lowest prices, there are local third-party accredited labs. For example, here are two of them:

CTI

6th Floor, #2 Building, Hopson Guomao Center, No 327 Tianmu Mountain Road, Hangzhou,Zhejiang
T: +86 571 2802 6668
www.cti-cert.com/en/

CTT

1st Floor, Incubation Center, No.E21, Xinke Road, Yiwu, Zhejiang
T: +86 579 8998 6543
www.cttlab.com/en/index.php