Importing consumer products into the US? CPSC eFiling now applies.
Check which CPSC rules your product falls under, organise the safety evidence behind each certificate, and keep your certificate data broker-ready as products, factories and test reports change.
Since 8 July 2026, importers of consumer products that need a Children's Product Certificate (CPC) or a General Certificate of Conformity (GCC) must file that certificate's data electronically in CBP's ACE system at entry. The testing and certification duties are not new; they date from 2008. What changed is that the data now travels with every shipment, either in full or as a reference to a certificate stored in CPSC's Product Registry. Mail shipments follow on 22 October 2026 and Foreign Trade Zone entries on 8 January 2027. Sources (4)CPSCCPSC: Update on Certificates of Compliance and eFilingFederal Register: CertificatFederal Register: Certificates of Compliance, 90 FR 1800 (8 Jan 2025)CPSC news release 26-604CPSC news release 26-604 (8 Jul 2026)CPSC bulletin: eFiling guidaCPSC bulletin: eFiling guidance for mail shipments (1 Sep 2026)
What changed on 8 July 2026
The duty to certify is old. What is new is that the certificate's data travels with every shipment.
| Before 8 July 2026 | Since 8 July 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate | Held by the importer, produced on request | Its data is filed in ACE with every entry |
| Route | None: paper or PDF | Full PGA Message Set, or Reference to the free Product Registry |
| CPSC's view | Sees certificates when it asks | Scores each entry line's risk from the filed data |
| Testing and certification duties | Since 2008 | Unchanged: no new testing |
Sources (3)Federal Register: CertificatFederal Register: Certificates of Compliance, 90 FR 1800 (8 Jan 2025)CPSC news release 26-604CPSC news release 26-604 (8 Jul 2026)CPSCCPSC: eFiling FAQ · Full explanation: what is CPSC eFiling
How it works
Software does the extraction; a named reviewer signs off.
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See which rules likely apply, CPC or GCC, and whether CPSC flags the HTS code.
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Open data on the CPSC eFiling market
Structured from CPSC, CBP and Federal Register files, dated and sourced, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.
eFiling market size
Importers, filings, cost: CPSC's estimates
Open dataset →Provider prices
What eFiling software and services charge
Open dataset →CPSC-accepted labs
737 labs by country and scope
Open dataset →Flagged HTS codes
589 codes CPSC flags, with changes
Open dataset →Product requirements
Which rules apply to which product
Open dataset →Violations
39,928 Notices of Violation, analysed
Open dataset →Recalls
3,374 recalls since 2016
Open dataset →Guides: the questions importers ask
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Common questions
When did CPSC eFiling become mandatory?
Did eFiling create new testing requirements?
Who has to eFile?
Does eFiling apply to domestically made products?
Is there a de minimis or low-value exemption?
Do consumer-to-consumer marketplace sales need eFiling?
Do used, resold or overstock products need eFiling?
Do samples need to comply?
Importing consumer products into the US?
Certificate data is now filed with every entry. Check which CPSC rules your product falls under, then keep every product's certificate data complete, current and provable.