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Do mail shipments need CPSC eFiling? Yes, from 22 October 2026

From 22 October 2026 CPSC requires eFiled certificates for international mail shipments, filed with CBP's new Entry Type 13. What changes for postal imports, who files, and what to prepare.

Checked against sources: 22 September 2026

Quick answer

Yes. From 22 October 2026, CPSC requires eFiled certificate data, as a Full or Reference PGA Message Set, for regulated consumer products imported by international mail. Until now CBP collected no entry data for mail, so these shipments could not carry the CPSC message set. CBP's interim final rule 2026-12669 suspended the de minimis exemption for mail and requires mail shipments to file the new Entry Type 13, which carries the CPSC data.

What changes on 22 October 2026

CPSC's guidance for mail shipments, posted on 1 September 2026, says: "CPSC will require eFiled certificates for mail shipments, via a Full or Reference Message Set, beginning on October 22, 2026."

The reason is mechanical. Parcels arriving by international post were never entered through ACE, so there was nowhere to attach certificate data. CBP's interim final rule 2026-12669 indefinitely suspends the de minimis exemption for mail shipments and requires a new postal informal entry, Entry Type 13, filed on or before arrival. Once mail has an entry, CPSC's message set applies to it like any other.

Who is responsible

The same party as for any other import: the importer, defined in the certificates rule as the party eligible to make entry, whether owner, purchaser, consignee or authorised customs broker. CPSC's guidance repeats it: "The importer is responsible for eFiling a certificate whenever one is required."

Who this affects most

  • Direct-to-consumer brands and marketplace sellers that ship orders from overseas by post.
  • Sellers that used low-value postal shipments because they carried no entry data.
  • Anyone shipping children's products, where every item needs a CPC backed by testing at a CPSC-accepted lab.

What to prepare now

  1. List which products you send by mail and check each one against the rules that apply (product check).
  2. Make sure each regulated product has a current CPC or GCC with all seven data elements.
  3. Decide the route: Full message set per shipment, or certificates stored once in the Product Registry and referenced.
  4. Agree with whoever files the Entry Type 13 (postal operator, carrier or broker) how the certificate data or identifiers reach them.

What we do not know yet

CPSC's guidance does not say how postal operators will collect the data from overseas senders in practice, or how enforcement will be phased. We will update this page, and the deadlines dataset, when CPSC or CBP publish more.

Sources

Primary sources first; provider pages only for their own prices.

Razvan Toma
Researched and maintained byRazvan Toma

Founder of ComplyGoods. Publishes open data on product-compliance regimes (also eprfrancerep.com and eprgermanyrep.com). Every figure here links to the government file or provider page it was read from.

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Importing consumer products into the US?

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