Sought-after Japanese toilet lids made in China   

热销日本马桶盖确系国产 厂家称国内款功能更多

根据网友提供的线索，钱报记者求证确认，不少人跨洋疯抢的马桶盖，真的就是产自杭州，生产车间就在杭州下沙经济开发区内。被大家漂洋过海买来的马桶盖，也叫智能马桶盖，本身通电通水，有冲洗、烘干、抗菌等功能。很多年前就已经出现，在杭州电器市场和网络上，品牌很多，有国产也有进口，已经不是什么新产品。下沙企业生产的马桶盖不仅出口，也在国内销售。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) - Luxury Japanese toilet lids that Chinese tourists swarmed to buy in Japan during the Spring Festival were in fact made in China at a cheaper price, the Qianjiang Evening News reported on Monday.

Toilet seats with functions such as heating, sanitizing, multiple water jets, and hot air dryers have become popular with Chinese visitors to Japan, but some of the seats were made by a manufacturer in Xiasha, Hangzhou province, one customer complains.

The Chinese tourist surnamed Wang, from east China's Hangzhou city, said he visited an electronics store in Osaka and was surprised to discover that one of the luxury toilet seats was made in his hometown, and that the manufacturer's name, Panasonic Home Appliances (Hangzhou) Co. Ltd., was printed on the seat's packaging.

Li Jian Hong, a staff member with the toilet seat manufacturer, says similar toilet seats have been available for purchase in China since Panasonic introduced them there years ago, and that a production base was set up in Hangzhou province, which also exports products to other places such as Singapore and Hong Kong.

One home appliance retailer says similar toilet seats have been available at its store and that they cost around 2,980 yuan ($476), while the same brand cost about 3,087 yuan ($493) in Japan.

Similar intelligent toilet seat brands, such as JOMOO and ARROW (both domestic brands) and TOTO, are also available online, with prices ranging from 2,000 yuan ($319) to 3,000 yuan ($480).

Li said "It is pointless to buy the seats in Japan because many of them could have been made in China with the same technology. China could manufacture better toilet lids, and those produced domestically would suit Chinese markets even better, with additional functions to resist humidity in bathrooms."