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Import intelligence for small importers, in one place.

Held right now

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.

CBP Notice of DetentionUFLPA · forced labor
Hold type · read from notice
Forced labor — UFLPA
Response deadline
≈ 30 days
Not shipped yet

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.

Crestline Textile Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
UFLPA Entity ListFlagged for review
OFAC SDN · Consolidated · CSLNo match found
CPSC certificate flag · HTS 6108.31Flagged for review

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

Every tool

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.

1 · Before money moves
Screen a Supplier
Three independent checks — forced labor, federal sanctions, CPSC certificate flag — never blended into one score. The supplier’s identity is confirmed before anything is searched. A link that lasts and a PDF that is yours.
2 · Before it ships
Compliance Requirement Check
Whether the product needs a CPSC safety certificate, and which kind, or FCC equipment authorization — from its HTS code and a short questionnaire.
Free
3 · Ask the factory
Supplier Data Request Pack
A ready-to-send request, in the factory's language, for the compliance data an import needs.
Free
5 · Shipment held?
Detention Decoder
Know your hold type and deadline, and get a cited evidence checklist — free. Then an attorney-ready response package, written and ready to customize. The notice is discarded after reading.
Free · $149
How each tool really works

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.

1 · Before money moves · Screen a Supplier2 · Before it ships · Compliance Requirement Check3 · Certificate in play · CPSC Product Registry Filing4 · Before the broker · Broker-Ready Document Check5 · Shipment held · Detention Decoder6 · Selling on Marketplace · CPC Readiness Check
Playing
You provide
Supplier name
Crestline Textile Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Product · HS code
Children’s cotton pajamas · 6108.31
Identity confirmed against the corporate registry before screeningStep 0
You receive
UFLPA Entity ListFlagged for Review
OFAC SDN + ConsolidatedNo match found
CPSC certificate flag · 6108.31Flagged for Review
DHS/FLETF UFLPA Entity List
You provide
Product · HS code
Children’s cotton pajamas · 6108.31
Is this product made for children 12 or under?
Yes
Is it sleepwear — a nightgown, pyjamas, a robe, or similar?
Yes
You receive
CPSC · certificateCertificate — CPC
FCC · equipment authorizationNot applicable
FDA · registrationNot applicable
All three checked: children’s sleepwear flammability (16 CFR 1615/1616) applies, so a CPC; no electronics or FDA-regulated use.
CPSC citation & disclaim guidance v3 · read 2026-08-08
You provide
Product name
Children’s cotton pajamas
SKU / model
CTM-6108-PJ
Certificate type
Children’s Product Certificate (CPC)
You receive
Package compiledbulk-upload.csvcertificate-draft.pdfREADME.pdf
Arranged into CPSC's Product Registry upload template · 7 of 7 sections
A draft of the certificate itself — CPC or GCC, on the seven elements 16 CFR 1110.11 requires · for the certifier to issue
The README names every value the CSV had to change, disclosed per value. Nothing is issued, certified or filed here.
Nothing is submitted on the requester’s behalf.
You provide
Commercial invoice
commercial-invoice.pdf
Packing list
packing-list.pdf
Bill of lading
bill-of-lading.pdf
You receive
Seller and buyer match across documents · Fields consistent
Quantities match across invoice and packing list · Fields consistent
!
Invoice total vs packing-list value · Reconcile
Each document is read, then discarded. Nothing is stored. A clean set for the customs broker — the round-trips are fewer.
You provide
U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Port of Los Angeles · Notice of Detention · The merchandise described above has been detained pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1307 and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The importer may submit information demonstrating admissibility within 30 days of the date of this notice…
A PDF or a photo. The notice is read once and discarded. Nothing is stored.
You receive
Read from the notice
Hold typeForced labor — UFLPA
Response deadline≈ 30 days · computed
Your documents, cross-checked against the UFLPA evidence checklist
Supply-chain tracing to the raw cotton · cited · present
!
Transaction proof for the flagged input · reconcile · missing
Written for you — ready to customize for your attorney
Package compiledexecutive-summary.pdfresponse-package.pdfevidence-index.pdf
19 U.S.C. § 1307 · UFLPA
You provide
Children's Product Certificate
cpc.pdf
Test report — CPSC-accepted lab
test-report.pdf
Commercial invoice + listing details
invoice.pdf
You receive
Model and brand match across certificate, report and listing · 16 CFR 1110.11
Age grade consistent across all three documents · consistent
!
Issuing lab is CPSC-accepted — confirm on the marketplace's current list · confirm
The five things a marketplace reviewer checks, before Amazon’s review. Each document is read, then discarded. Nothing is stored. Where the fix is the certificate itself, the Filing reissues it in the importer’s name.
16 CFR 1110 · 1112 · Part 1200

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.

What gets searched

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.

186
UFLPA Entity List entities
DHS/FLETF — the forced-labor list
snapshot Sep 22, 2026
60
CBP Withhold Release Orders and Findings
active orders, screened alongside
snapshot Sep 22, 2026
19,393
OFAC SDN records
plus the Consolidated list and the Trade CSL
snapshot Sep 22, 2026
589
CPSC-flagged HTS codes
the electronic-certificate list
snapshot Sep 22, 2026

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.

7 steps
Step 14 of 28Production & shipping

Prepare your CPSC Product Registry filing

Formats your data so your filer can reference it at entry.

YouCPSC filing tool

What this is

Registering a product once lets whoever files your entries reference short Registry identifiers — the Product ID and Version ID — instead of retransmitting every data element each time. Because the version only changes on retest or material change, this is roughly a once-per-product task rather than a recurring one. It is worth doing if you import the same product repeatedly.

What you need

  • The four things from the previous step — they cover five of the filing's seven sections
  • Your product's HS code, and your own company details as the certifying party — the two sections nobody else can give you
  • An account on the CPSC Product Registry

If it's missed

Nothing fails, but every future shipment carries the full data-entry burden again, and each repetition is another chance to transpose something.

CPSC Product Registry Filing$39

CPSC Product Registry Filing · $39

Prepare your CPSC Product Registry filing

Formats the data entered here into CPSC's own Product Registry upload template, with a companion README, and drafts the certificate itself — a CPC or GCC on the seven elements 16 CFR 1110.11 requires — for the certifier to review and issue. Nothing is submitted to any agency.

Not sure a certificate is needed? Need the factory's data? Supplier Data Request PackSee what the output looks like?
Pre-fill from documentsOptional

The certificate, the test report or the commercial invoice, where on hand — each is read once into the fields it carries, then discarded. A read value is marked until checked and stays editable; the HS code and the safety rules are never set from a document.

Drop the documents here
Nothing is stored. Only add documents there is permission to handle.
Why we askThe product's name/model as it should appear on the certificate — not the code itself.
Why we askThe exact identifier as it appears on your commercial invoice and packaging, and which kind of identifier it is — the CPSC Product Registry requires both.
Add the product name and identifier to continue.
CPSC Product Registry Filing$39
Import Intelligence for small importers

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.