Is it really not possible to buy foreign trade clothes? How to identify foreign trade clothing

Foreign trade original refers to the foreign manufacturers providing fabrics and patterns, finding domestic manufacturers to make them, and then selling them. Many people like to visit foreign trade stores, where the clothes are not only cheap, but also can find styles that are not common in the market, and even wear the only one of their kind. But can foreign trade clothes be purchased with confidence?

There are very few leftover foreign trade products from big brands.

One is selling fake goods under the guise of selling mutton. Many merchants claim that the clothes they sell are "original leftovers" or "foreign trade follow-up orders" of a major international brand, and even label them as "original authentic goods". Consumers will find out that they are fakes after buying them. Some netizens said angrily: "No matter whether I can afford the original goods worth tens of thousands of yuan, the merchants are selling crude fakes as big brands and chemical fibers as real silk. They are selling fake goods under the guise of selling mutton, which is a fraudulent behavior to deceive consumers!"

The second reason is that there is no way to complain. Because street stalls or online stores will not issue formal invoices, nor will they mark the origin and ingredients of the clothing, consumers have no way to protect their rights, and instead they are ridiculed by the merchants. When some consumers went to the merchants to argue, they were ridiculed: "You want to buy authentic CHANEL and Gucci for a few hundred yuan? It's not even enough to cover the cost of the fabrics and accessories!"

The reporter also interviewed some professionals or experts in the industry. They believe that there are actually very few leftovers of big brand clothing, let alone genuine products, and consumers should not take chances. The reasons are: on the one hand, the crisis has led to the closure or transformation of a large number of clothing processing factories in China, which has directly led to a reduction in the amount of leftovers. On the other hand, foreign companies have very strict control.

According to a clothing OEM factory in Guangdong, it recently received a processing order for a batch of CHANEL coats, but the foreign company required closed production during the processing period. All the people in the factory ate, drank, defecated, urinated, and slept in the factory, and they could not produce a single original order. Where do so many CHANEL clothes come from on the market?

Adjust your psychological expectations and be less optimistic

Adjust your expectations and be less optimistic. On the one hand, the so-called foreign trade originals or tail goods are rare and not easy to come across; on the other hand, don't have too high expectations for cheap brand name clothes. For example, authentic CHANEL and Gucci products cost at least several thousand yuan each, and those that cost a few hundred yuan are definitely fakes.

It is recommended to visit specialty stores more often to strengthen the identification of genuine products. Generally speaking, foreign trade tail goods have defects. Consumers should not expect to buy the original tail goods and expect them to be flawless. Those foreign trade imitations are easier to identify. For example, A-grade products are afraid that others will not know which brand it is imitating, so they will definitely cover the entire product with brand trademarks. B-grade and C-grade products are not only of poor fabric, but also of poor workmanship.

Don't believe the counter inspection claim. Some merchants deliberately put up a sign "counter inspection" to make consumers believe that they are buying genuine products. In fact, the counter of brand clothing cannot help you inspect the goods. They only guarantee that their goods are genuine, so how can they care if others sell fake goods?

Identification methods of foreign trade clothing

1. Look at the style

Foreign junk clothing styles usually appear in single pieces, rarely with the same style and specifications, and the seller's inventory quantity is basically the same. If there is more than one piece of the same clothing, it can basically be judged that it is not foreign junk.

2. Look at the signs

Because foreign junk clothing has been worn for a long time and washed many times, the trademarks will be curled, loose, yellowed, and old, and the specifications and numbers will be unclear. The trademarks of many foreign trade clothes sold online will be cut off before being sold, which is what we often hear about as cutting labels.

If you suspect that the clothes you received are foreign junk and the labels have been cut off, you can observe whether the remaining part of the label is obviously wrinkled or worn and damaged. If so, then you should be careful.

3. Look at the fabric

Although the foreign trade tail orders are cheap, they are all brand new clothes. Brand new fabrics are definitely different from foreign garbage clothes that have been worn by others. You can find the difference through careful observation.

4. Smell

Foreign trade tail orders, whether packaged or not, have a certain smell, which is the smell produced by some chemicals in the production of new fabrics.

Foreign garbage is second-hand clothes. Unscrupulous merchants will wash, disinfect and iron them later. The smell on the clothes is more of detergent and disinfectant. We should keep our eyes open when buying foreign garbage in "foreign skin". Although tail goods are good, we must be vigilant.

Classification of foreign trade clothing

It is hard to tell the difference between the last batch of foreign trade goods, last batch of goods, A-grade goods and super A-grade goods. Let's take a look at them separately:

Foreign trade tail orders: originated from my country's reform and opening up in 1979. The original term was "export to domestic sales". China's cheap labor is well-known around the world, so many foreign companies come to China to process and manufacture goods, and then ship them back to their own countries for sale. After domestic manufacturers have completed foreign orders, there will always be a batch left, for example, if they produce 100,000, and then there are a few hundred left, then these few hundred left are called foreign trade tail orders.

Fake foreign trade tail orders: They are actually foreign garbage, old clothes from abroad bought by the pound to China.

Super A-grade goods: usually speaking, they are imitation goods, which are divided into super A-grade goods, A-grade goods, B-grade goods, C-grade goods, etc. Super A-grade goods are just like the authentic goods in terms of materials and quality. However, no matter whether it is super A-grade or a fine imitation, it is still fake and it can never be real.

A-grade goods: As the name implies, they are made by the manufacturer according to the style and workmanship of foreign merchants and sold. Compared with the genuine products, the workmanship and quality are slightly different, but the appearance and material are almost the same as the genuine products, but slightly worse than super A-grade goods. Due to the high cost of genuine products, A-grade goods have a great advantage in price.

Why is there only one piece of foreign trade clothing?

Foreign trade refers to the exchange of goods, services and technologies between one country (region) and another. Tail goods refer to the remaining products after domestic manufacturers process the products based on foreign materials, samples or foreign samples and domestic materials after completing the order. They include defective products with no major defects on the surface, privately processed products with excess or saved materials, and "export-to-domestic sales" products returned from abroad but without defects. There are also some products that are returned after failing the inspection. Tail goods of foreign trade refer to the exporting country. Manufacturing factories always reserve about 3% of the margin during production. Therefore, after completing each batch of foreign orders, domestic manufacturers always have some excess products, including some products of substandard quality. These remaining products are called tail goods of foreign trade, or "original foreign trade goods". Tail goods of foreign trade are mostly manufacturing products, such as clothing, shoes and hats, bags, etc.

The quantity for domestic sales is limited, and there are so many domestic sellers, so it is very good to be able to get the goods. Not all the tail goods are defective, so choose carefully when buying.