CBP Updates ACE Guide With Info on TSCA Importer Certs for Composite Wood Beginning March 22
CBP updated its ACE Environmental Protection Agency supplemental guidelines with information on Toxic Substances Control Act importer certifications required under composite wood formaldehyde standards beginning March 22, it said in a CSMS message. “The changes are on pages 157-159, and…
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address sample message sets, allowable disclaim codes, and the TSCA certification that should be filed for these commodities,” CBP said. “There are approximately 450 additional HTS codes for composite wood products that will be flagged with an EP7 (TSCA certification 'may be required' to be filed) code. This flagging will begin in the Certification (CERT) environment no earlier than February 22, 2019. The flagging will begin in Production (PROD) starting March 22, 2019,” CBP said. Under regulations issued by the EPA in 2016 (see 1607280021), importers of composite wood products, including composite wood products that are “articles" under CBP's TSCA regulations, have to file certifications at entry that the goods comply with TSCA regulations, beginning March 22.