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China-made products recalled in the UK: monthly data · 2025-12

2025-12: 73 / 114 (64.0%)

Coverage: 2025-12 – 2025-12 · 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: 15 of 114 alerts (13.2%). Hong Kong: 1.

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By category

CategoryChina-origin alertsTop hazard
Toys19Choking / asphyxiation
Electrical appliances and equipment16Fire
Childcare articles and children's equipment13Chemical
Hobby and sports equipment5Injuries / cuts
Hand tools4Injuries / cuts
Machinery4Electric shock
Household and decorative articles3Choking / asphyxiation
Lighting products3Chemical
Furniture2Fire
Kitchen and cooking accessories2Chemical
Outdoor leisure products1Chemical
Personal protective equipment (PPE)1Chemical

Hazards identified

  • Chemical: 25
  • Injuries / cuts: 25
  • Choking / asphyxiation: 21
  • Fire: 18
  • Electric shock: 14
  • Strangulation: 5
  • Suffocation: 5
  • Entrapment: 3

Most-cited regulations

  • Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016: 22
  • Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011: 20
  • General Product Safety Regulations 2005: 18
  • Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008: 9
  • Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994: 7
  • Plugs & Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994: 5
  • Plugs and Sockets (Safety) Regulations 1994: 3
  • Plugs & Sockets etc (Safety) Regulations 1994: 2
  • General Product Safety Regulation 2005: 1
  • Plugs & Sockets (Safety) Regulations 1994: 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.

GOV.UK / OPSS

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

Related data: Monthly UK–China trade data notes

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