Data source
Every figure in the QIV Insight is drawn from inspection data recorded through QIVAI, our own inspection management platform, across the sourcing regions we cover.
Beyond-AQL rate
The headline "beyond-AQL rate" is the share of inspected shipments that fell outside the Acceptable Quality Limit agreed for that order, per ISO 2859-1 sampling. It is not a defect rate across all production — only the sampled, inspected shipments in our own dataset.
What this isn't
The Index reflects shipments QIV Global was engaged to inspect, not a random sample of all global production. Country and category figures should be read as directional trends within our own dataset, not as official trade or compliance statistics.
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