“China’s electronics manufacturers are beating a European deadline to upgrade to environment-friendly manufacturing facilities. Non-compliance is estimated to cost the mainland’s makers about $50 billion worth of electronic exports to Europe annually. The EU directives on the Restriction of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and on Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) are expected to also affect Hong Kong companies with mainland facilities.” Source: telecom.globalsources.com