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China-made products recalled in the UK: monthly data · 2025-05

2025-05: 36 / 57 (63.2%)

Coverage: 2025-05 – 2025-05 · Data generated:

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.

Unknown origin: 6 of 57 alerts (10.5%). Hong Kong: 0.

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By category

CategoryChina-origin alertsTop hazard
Electrical appliances and equipment24Fire
Childcare articles and children's equipment3Choking / asphyxiation
Toys3Choking / asphyxiation
Personal protective equipment (PPE)2Injuries / cuts
Clothing, textiles and fashion1Electric shock
Hobby and sports equipment1Injuries / cuts
Lighting products1Fire
Machinery1Fire

Hazards identified

  • Fire: 18
  • Electric shock: 11
  • Chemical: 7
  • Injuries / cuts: 6
  • Choking / asphyxiation: 5
  • Burns: 1

Most-cited regulations

  • Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016: 24
  • Plugs & Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994: 9
  • General Product Safety Regulations 2005: 4
  • Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011: 3
  • Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994: 2
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/425 on Personal Protective Equipment or the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018: 2
  • Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008: 2
  • Plugs & Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 2016: 1

China-origin source alerts

Hong Kong-origin source alerts (separate)

    Method and limitations

    Source: OPSS product safety alerts on GOV.UK. We use the alert date in the source metadata, not the publication or import date. Origin is read from the Country of Origin field; China, PRC and People’s Republic of China are normalised to China. Hong Kong stays separate. Missing or explicitly unknown origin is classified as unknown. Denominators include all origins. Hazards are deterministic keyword classifications of the Hazard section; one alert can have multiple hazards, so hazard totals can exceed alert counts. Chemical substances are recorded where named. Regulation names are extracted from the source wording; missing names are not inferred. These alerts are not a representative sample of imports and do not establish a failure rate or relative product safety.

    Source alerts with no alert date, excluded from monthly counts: 3.

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    Related data: Monthly UK–China trade data notes

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