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Candles · Pre-import risk reports

1 related EU trade-defence measures recorded, including provisional measures and reviews. (Source / snapshot · 2026-10-20) Most common hazard in UK/EU China-origin alerts for the broader Household and decorative articles category: Chemical (39 / 81). (Source / snapshot · 2026-10-19 / 2026-10-19) UK compliance topics to check for the exact product: UK REACH restrictions. (Source / snapshot · Finder snapshot undated; guide dates below)

Mapped HS chapters / headings: 34 / 3406

UK duty

Source / snapshot: UK Integrated Online Tariff · 2026-09-28

These are standard third-country ad valorem ranges across the whole heading, not a quote for the exact product. Compound duties, missing rates, suspensions and steel measures require a commodity-code check. UK import VAT and trade remedies are additional.

No matching heading reading in this snapshot.

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Trade defence

United Kingdom

Source / snapshot: UK Integrated Online Tariff · 2026-09-28

No positive UK remedy reading in the matched snapshot. This is not confirmation that no measure applies; coverage may be incomplete or dated.

UK rates depend on the commodity and exporter additional code; use the official entry for the applicable rate and legal notice. Registration is not duty charged. Check the exact code

European Union

Source / snapshot: European Commission TDI · 2026-10-20

Potential scope matches only. Read each regulation, status, CN code and exporter conditions; provisional measures and reviews are labelled separately.

Recalls

Source / snapshot: OPSS · 2026-10-19 (2024-11 – 2026-10); Safety Gate · 2026-10-19 (2024-11 – 2026-10)

Broader recall category: Household and decorative articles. China-origin alerts, not a failure rate or a count for this exact product. Alerts can have several hazards; UK and EU counts are combined without cross-market deduplication.

What most often fails: Household and decorative articles

UK OPSS + EU / EEA Safety Gate (alerts counted separately in each system) · China-origin alerts over the 24 calendar month coverage window(2024-11 – 2026-10) · 81

Combined counts are alerts from both systems, not unique products across markets. Each source uses its own publication window; the same product may appear in both. · OPSS: 2024-11 – 2026-10 · Safety Gate: 2024-11 – 2026-10

  • Chemical: 39
  • Choking / asphyxiation: 27
  • Other / unclassified: 8

Most-cited regulations

  • General Product Safety Regulations 2005: 34
  • REACH Regulation: 16
  • General Product Safety Regulation: 13

Checks to ask the factory for

  1. Ask for laboratory testing for restricted substances relevant to the materials and intended market.
  2. Match the report model, material colours and component list to the order.
  3. Ask how raw-material declarations and supplier changes are traced by batch.

Questions for due diligence, not a certification checklist or a guarantee of compliance. Select the applicable standards and tests with a competent laboratory.

The current calendar month is partial. These are published alerts, safety reports and recalls, not a measure of all products sold or a recall rate. Hong Kong is reported separately.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (OPSS, GOV.UK product safety alerts)

Source: European Commission, Safety Gate, English XML (en), extracted 2026-10-19. XML distribution: CC0. Cambridge China Bridge analysis.

Compliance

UK compliance finder · The finder snapshot has no recorded review date. Dated supporting guides are linked for each topic. Requirements depend on intended use, materials and territory; GB marking rules do not establish EU or Northern Ireland compliance.

Packaging obligations can also apply; use the finder for its universal and conditional checks.

China rebates

Changes matched at HS heading level, including historical and announced future changes. Only the listed annex codes are covered; confirm the exact China export code and effective date. These are supplier-side rebates, not UK import duty discounts or guaranteed price changes.

Source / snapshot: MOF / STA announcements · 2026-10-19

No matching change in the recorded announcements; this does not establish the current rebate rate.

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