Sought-after Japanese toilet lids made in China   

熱銷日本馬桶蓋確系國產 廠家稱國內款功能更多

根據網友提供的線索，錢報記者求證確認，不少人跨洋瘋搶的馬桶蓋，真的就是產自杭州，生產車間就在杭州下沙經濟開發區內。被大家漂洋過海買來的馬桶蓋，也叫智能馬桶蓋，本身通電通水，有沖洗、烘干、抗菌等功能。很多年前就已經出現，在杭州電器市場和網絡上，品牌很多，有國產也有進口，已經不是什么新產品。下沙企業生產的馬桶蓋不僅出口，也在國內銷售。 [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."