Import intelligence for small importers, in one place.
Decoded, if it’s held.
Upload the CBP notice. The hold type and the deadline are read off it, and a cited checklist follows the path that hold takes.
Prevented, before it ships.
Screen the supplier against the forced-labor and sanctions lists customs actually uses, before money moves. Three checks, every finding cited.
Fictional example — “Crestline Textile Manufacturing Co., Ltd.” is not a real company, and the results shown are illustrative.
No signup · No subscription · Every finding cites its government source
One tool for each moment an import goes wrong.
Roughly in the order an import meets them. Most are free. The paid ones cost less than an hour of a broker's time, and are one-time — no subscription.
What each tool asks for, and what it hands back.
Six chapters, one shape, in the order the cards above run. The film advances on its own and pauses under the pointer.
Fictional example — “Crestline Textile Manufacturing Co., Ltd.” is not a real company, and the results shown are illustrative. List names, HTS codes, CFR references and deadlines are real.
Every finding names the government list it came from.
Matched locally against dated snapshots of the official lists, never a live guess. A stale snapshot blocks the report rather than selling it.
Counts and dates are read live from the snapshot table · a stale snapshot blocks the report
Importing runs on a clock. Your broker files the entry. The legal responsibility stays with you — including the things nobody files on your behalf.
Find out which agencies regulate your product
More than one agency usually applies, and finding the second one late is what holds shipments.
What this is
Which rules apply is decided by what the product IS, not by who you buy it from, and more than one agency usually applies to the same item. Your broker will surface a flag at entry, but a flag is not the same as being told in advance what you have to produce. The pattern below is the common case by product type — a starting point for what to go and confirm, not a determination.
Which rules apply
- Housewares and kitchenware
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), plus the Food and Drug Administration for anything that touches food
- Small electronics
- Federal Communications Commission (Part 15), Department of Energy efficiency rules, and CPSC
- Textiles and soft goods
- CPSC on flammability and children's products, and the Federal Trade Commission on fiber content, RN number and care labels
- Anything with a battery
- CPSC, and the Department of Transportation as hazardous material
- Packaged non-food goods
- An Environmental Protection Agency import certification under the Toxic Substances Control Act
- Anything with wood or plant content
- A US Department of Agriculture Lacey Act declaration, filed electronically since January 2026
- Every import, whatever it is
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) origin marking, permanently on the article
What you need
- Your product's Harmonized System (HS) code, or a description precise enough to find it
- What it is made of, what powers it, and who it is for
If it's missed
You discover the requirement when the shipment is already held, which is the most expensive moment to learn it.
Compliance Requirement Check — Free
The free check covers two agencies: CPSC safety certificates and FCC equipment authorization. For CPSC it reads the flagged-code list — roughly 600 codes, filed electronically at entry since July 2026 — and tells you whether yours is on it; a code that is not on the list is not a clearance, because CPSC states plainly that the list does not cover every code where a certificate may be needed. For FCC it asks whether the product transmits or contains digital electronics and points to Certification or SDoC. The other agencies above are not checked here; tooling for the ones that can be automated from public data is added as it is built.
Which import requirements does this product need?
CPSC, FCC and FDA requirements checked in full; USDA, EPA, DOT and TTB flagged from the product category. A licensed customs broker confirms the full set at entry.
- A statement by the manufacturer about the product's intended use, including a label, where that statement is reasonable.
- Whether the packaging, display, promotion or advertising presents it as appropriate for children 12 or younger.
- Whether consumers commonly recognise it as intended for a child 12 or younger.
- The Commission's Age Determination Guidelines (September 2002) and any successor to them.
Supplier Data Request Pack — Free
A ready-made request for the compliance data your factory already holds — organized by agency, in their language.
Get the free pack →Know before you commit.
Built for importers without a compliance team. Decode a hold for free, or screen a supplier for one flat fee. Pay only for a report you can forward, months from now, with every source still attached.