I believe that most cross-border e-commerce, want to enter the Amazon European and American market sellers, have in the product certification above trouble, because the product standards do not meet the standards of the destination country and lead to return cases abound, so today with you to popularize the main responsibilities of the United States Customs and several common product certification marks in the United States, to help want to enter the American market sellers, Avoid detours.
U.S. Customs is divided into two parts: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Established on March 1, 2003, CBP's primary mission is to prevent terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States.
To this end, CBP will focus on enhancing the security of U.S. borders and ports, and extending U.S. safe areas beyond the geographic borders of the United States, so that the U.S. border becomes the first line of defense. CBP's main duties include arresting illegal immigrants and interdicting drugs and other contraband, protecting agricultural and economic interests from harmful animals, plants and diseases, protecting U.S. commerce from intellectual property infringement, regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. trade laws.
1、 FDA testing
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one of the executive agencies established by the United States government within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Department of Public Health (PHS) to act as a scientific regulatory agency. The FDA is responsible for ensuring the safety of foods, cosmetics, drugs, biologics, medical devices, and radiological products manufactured or imported into the United States. It is one of the first federal agencies whose primary function is to protect consumers, and the food, drugs, cosmetics and medical devices tested by the FDA are safe and effective for humans.
In the United States and nearly 100 other countries, only materials, devices and technologies approved by the FDA can be commercialized for clinical use. "Automatic detention" is a major measure of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement the management of imported food, in short, is declared by the FDA as "automatic detention" of the goods shipped to the United States port, must pass the United States laboratory inspection, then allowed to enter the United States for sale.
What does the FDA mean?
1. FDA is a mandatory requirement for products exported to the United States, and enterprises must complete FDA registration or testing before they can export to the United States;
2. Recognized by some small countries, because small countries do not have their own regulatory requirements, they will rely on the laws and regulations of large countries to regulate exporters;
3. Enhance the competitiveness of products in the same industry.
The FDA, as we often say, usually includes the following categories:
1. FDA testing of food contact materials 2. FDA registration of laser products 3. FDA registration for medical devices 4. FDA test report for cosmetics and daily necessities 5. FDA registration for food, drugs, cosmetics and daily necessities
2. CPSC detection
CPSC is an important Consumer rights protection agency in the United States, is the abbreviation of the Consumer Product Safety Committee, that is, the Consumer Product Safety Association. Its responsibility is to protect the interests of consumers at large, to establish mandatory standards or bans on consumer goods for which there are no standards, and to carry out inspections on potentially dangerous products.
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) joined the US customs agency and became a participant of the US government agency, and the government review is equal, the US CPSC began to reform from 2021/03/22, and all products under their jurisdiction will be marked for review. If there are relevant products, please prepare relevant documents in advance, such as CPC test report, certification, etc., for the customs review at the destination port. And a new provision: even if the imported goods have passed the declaration, if the CPSC does not release them, they cannot be sold and can only be backlog in the warehouse.
Applicable products: Household appliances, children's toys, fireworks and other consumer goods for home, sports, entertainment and school.
3. UL certification
Underwriter Laboratories Inc. (UL) is the most authoritative safety testing institute in the United States and the largest non-governmental organization engaged in safety testing and identification in the world. UL certification is a non-mandatory certification in the United States, mainly for product safety performance testing and certification. Its scope of certification does not include the EMC (Electromagnetic compatibility) characteristics of the product.
The significance of UL certification mark for enterprises:
1. The whole American market attaches great importance to product safety; When consumers and buyers choose products, they will choose products with the UL certification mark.
2. UL has a history of more than 100 years, and the image of safety is deeply rooted in consumers and the government. If you do not sell products directly to consumers, intermediate merchants will also require products to have UL certification marks to make products sell well.
3. American consumers and buyers are more confident in the company's products.
4. More than 40,000 federal, state, county, and municipal governments in the United States recognize the UL certification mark.
Applicable products: lamps, household appliances, communications, power tools, wire and cable, etc.
4. FCC certification
The FCC stands for the Federal Communications Commission. FCC is the United States Federal Communication Commission (Federal Communication Commission), FCC certification is the United States EMC mandatory certification, many radio application products, communication products and digital products to enter the United States market, all require FCC recognition.
Applicable products: electronic products, such as computers and computer accessories, household appliances, power tools, lamps, toys, security and so on.
5. EPA certification
The EPA is the U.S. environmental protection agency (U.S EnvironmentalProtectionAgency), its main task is to protect human health and the natural environment, the United States environmental protection agency is the main purpose of the EPA is to protect people's health, protect the ecological environment - air, water and land to the survival of our environment.
EPA certification is an environmental protection certification for emission performance; The EPA tests the engine emissions of the locomotive, and confirms whether it meets the minimum standards of environmental protection through the durability and emission values of the vehicle. The EPA certification is a mandatory certification in the United States. From January 1, 2006, the EPA will implement new environmental regulations. After obtaining EPA certificate and labeling, you can enter the U.S. market. After March 22, 2019, regulated composite products and finished products manufactured or imported in the United States must be certified by a third-party certification body recognized by the EPA to demonstrate that their products meet EPA mandated formaldehyde release standards.
Applicable products: diesel/gasoline engine equipment, retail auto parts, gas, water treatment equipment, drinking water, pesticide inspection and certification.
Most of the products exported by China involve the product certification requirements of the United States, and it is necessary for sellers to understand the relevant certifications required for their products. Chinese sellers must follow the rules if they want to open the U.S. market.
