The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is tasked with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with consumer products. The agency issues and enforces standards, issues product recalls, researches hazardous products, and more. The agency also has the authority to order the detention and seizure of goods that it believes to be non-compliant with CPSC safety regulations.

Beginning in 2025, products regulated by the CPSC may be denied entry into the U.S. unless the importer electronically files a detailed product certification with Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

See a full list of CPSC regulated products here.

CPSC’s eFiling Proposal

Since 2008, importers have been required to maintain Certificates of Compliance stating that the product they are importing meets all applicable safety standards. However, these certificates did not need to be filed at the time of import.

In June 2022, CPSC announced a Beta Pilot test with CBP for eFiling of certificate data for regulated consumer products. In 2023, the CPSC and CBP began the text with 38 importer participants. In December 2023, the agencies published a notice expanding the Beta Pilot test to include up to 2,000 additional importer participants and to extend the test for up to three years. In announcing expansion of the test, the CPSC also proposed a new rule that would require that importers of regulated consumer products eFile Certificates of Compliance at import.

On November 22, 2024, the CPSC’s General Counsel circulated a staff briefing memorandum recommending approval and publication of a final rule […]