[NEWS] – Industrial products are required to be labeled with UKCA when exporting to the UK

From January 1, 2023, Vietnamese industrial products exported to the UK market must be labeled with UKCA labels instead of CE labels as before.

What is the UKCA label?

UKCA is a UK standard conformity certification mark. UKCA is required for some products circulating in the UK market (England, Wales, and Scotland). Products requiring the UKCA mark are mostly equivalent to products requiring the CE mark.

Products that require labeling

4 subjects needing attention to label UKCA are: Manufacturers, product marketers, importers, and distributors.

Products that require the use of the UKCA label, such as: toys, fireworks, recreational boats, jet skis, pressure vessels, electromagnetic compatibility, non-automatic scales, measuring instruments, bottles measuring bottles, elevators, radio equipment…

For products: Medical equipment; construction products; cable lines; transportable pressure equipment; unmanned aircraft systems; railway products; marine equipment, after 23:00 on December 31, 2022, the CE mark will no longer be used and must be replaced by the UKCA mark when the product is placed on the UK market.

Relevant regulations

In addition, the UKCA mark has its regulations on design, form, and businesses can evaluate by themselves or by a third party depending on the requirements of specific items.

In most cases, the UKCA label must be affixed to the product itself or the packaging. The UKCA mark must be legible, legible, and indelible.

The fact that UKCA has become mandatory for most industrial products circulating and used in the UK poses a challenge for businesses to quickly register and meet UKCA standards, replacing the existing CE to may be eligible to sell in the UK.

This change makes businesses that have been, are being, and will be about to enter the EU market especially interested, specifically the UK market. Importing and exporting to the EU is quite a big challenge for Vietnamese enterprises. Understanding the concerns of businesses, Indochina Holdings introduces trade promotion services. Our team of consultants, with many years of experience in the field of financial and strategic consulting, will accept the difficulties and desires of businesses to come up with the right, effective, and suitable strategies. consistent with the business direction.

Thanh Long