Is your HTS code on CPSC’s eFiling list?

What a match means — and what it doesn’t

Listed code. CPSC describes the list as HTS codes that “likely include a product subject to a mandatory standard or are otherwise deemed high-risk,” published to help importers and brokers understand when CPSC and CBP “will coordinate to flag specific HTS codes.” If a CPSC rule, ban or standard applies to your product, its certificate is eFiled with the entry, as a Full or a Reference message set. If none applies, your broker may file a voluntary Disclaim, which CPSC says “may benefit an importer’s risk score.”

Unlisted code. The list “does not encompass all HTS codes where an electronic certificate may be required,” and “the importer is responsible for eFiling a certificate whenever required.” A children’s product or any product under a CPSC rule still needs its certificate, whatever its code.

CP1 or CP2. In the October 2026 edition, each code carries CPSC’s flag: CP2, “CPSC Certificate Related Data is Required” (159 codes), or CP1, “CPSC Certificate Related Data May be Needed” (430 codes). Neither flag blocks an entry: CPSC told brokers’ software providers that filers are allowed to send no CPSC message even if a code is flagged CP1 or CP2, and it is not asking CBP to reject entries for missing message set data. The duty does not change: if a rule applies, the certificate is eFiled. CPSC’s eFiling FAQ still says Disclaim message sets are not required for any shipment.

The code is not the test. Your HTS number comes from the tariff classification of the goods, not from CPSC. Choosing a code to stay off the list removes no certificate requirement: the rule decides, not the code.

Quotations: CPSC, Guidance and HTS List for eFiling, October 2026; CPSC eFiling FAQ; CBP CSMS # 69177694. eFiling has applied at entry since July 8, 2026 for most imports (January 8, 2027 for goods entered from a foreign trade zone); for international mail, CPSC’s October 2026 guidance names January 20, 2027, the date CBP set for mandatory Entry Type 13 (CBP release, October 14, 2026).