CPSC to Begin Voluntary Stage of eFiling | Customs & International Trade Law Blog

The Shopper Product Security Fee (CPSC) is actively recruiting as much as 2,000 importers to take part in voluntary eFiling. 

What’s eFiling?

In November 2022, the CPSC launched a beta pilot check of an eFiling initiative. The initiative permits importers of regulated shopper merchandise to file electronically with CPSC and Customs and Border Safety (CBP) sure knowledge components from a certificates of compliance.

The aim of the eFiling course of is to expedite concentrating on of shipments that put folks in danger, but additionally enable importers to ascertain historical past of security and to maneuver their merchandise extra shortly by way of the ports.

CPSC anticipates that full implementation of eFiling will happen in or round 2025.

How one can Get Began with eFiling

Importers should transmit Message Set knowledge into CBP’s Automated Business Setting (ACE) system on the time of entry. There are two choices to perform this:

Full PGA Message Set: The importer supplies their dealer with the total product certificates for the imported product and the dealer information it within the CPSC PGA Message Set. That is beneficial if the importer imports a restricted variety of regulated shopper merchandise or doesn’t repeatedly import the identical product. 

Reference PGA Message Set: The importer pre-enters the certificates knowledge into the CPSC Product Registry after which supplies their dealer with certificates identifiers to be filed within the PGA Message Set.. This selection is preferable if the importer repeatedly imports regulated shopper merchandise coated by the identical product certificates because the importer can leverage bulk add options.

CPSC has printed a Fast Begin Information to help importers in eFiling implementation.

Importer Tasks

Though brokers play an vital half within the eFiling course of, in the end, the importer is liable for product certification. Solely importers could join the eFiling initiative. Moreover, theFiling initiative doesn’t change the CPSC necessities for a given product or cargo. CPSC supplies numerous assets to help importers in understanding what testing and certification necessities apply to their imported shopper merchandise. 

At present, there’s a wait-list to take part within the initiative and the primary batch of importers will obtain an invite within the coming weeks. To be added to the waitlist to obtain an invite to ascertain a Enterprise Account within the Product Registry, importers can e mail eFilingSupport@cpsc.gov with: 

Firm Identify 
Preliminary Enterprise Account Administrator’s Identify 
Preliminary Enterprise Account Administrator’s Electronic mail 
Importer of Document Quantity(s) 
Dealer Filer Code(s) 
Sort of Merchandise Imported 

Should you want help establishing eFiling processes in your firm, Diaz Commerce Regulation may help.