In June 2025, the Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision Administration released the results of quality supervision and sampling of furniture products. Products from 26 enterprises were notified for failing key indicators such as formaldehyde emission and structural stability, with Foshan accounting for over 60%. The sampling covered categories like Office Chairs and Sofas, and non-compliance issues were mostly related to raw material control and production processes.

As a benchmark enterprise specializing in foreign trade of office and hotel furniture, the General Manager of Hythtone Furniture stated: "This incident highlights the industry pain point where some enterprises sacrifice quality to cut costs, and foreign trade enterprises should uphold the quality red line. All our products have passed international certifications such as BIFMA and SGS, which best safeguards the reputation of 'Made in China'."

Experts point out that overseas buyers have continuously upgraded their environmental and safety requirements for furniture products in recent years, especially in the EU and US markets where standards like REACH and CPSC have become mandatory procurement thresholds. Issues found in this Guangdong sampling, such as "excessive heavy metals" and "insufficient flame retardancy", are exactly the deal-breakers in international purchasers' audits.

Hythtone Furniture took the opportunity to announce the launch of the "Transparent Supply Chain 2025" plan, opening its raw material traceability system to customers and providing full-chain quality inspection reports from leather to metal accessories; it also added a "free third-party factory inspection" channel to help purchasers avoid supply chain risks.