CPSC new rules discussion | Selling

rdemaree · 2026-07-03T03:32:13.294699Z

As im sure many of you already know the CPSC in the USA is requiring strict new rules for the importation of many products which could in theory be designated as products children could/ would use.I sell mostly handmade and vintage art supplies so this will effect practically everything that I sell because my HTS codes indicate both Professional AND Student use (they count both as a blanket term and assume my products are designed for childrens usage even if they arent).This presents challenges for me because all of my products are either handmade inside of my home studio or come from long defunct warehouses that no longer exist for the vintage stuff.On one hand for the vintage stuff- I simply do not have 10's of thousands of dollars to have all of my products laboratory tested and the vintage stuff are one of's and the companies and warehouses they come from no longer exist.I am not sure how this is supposed to work for vintage stuff and small businesses in general but it feels like the final nail in the coffin.I am still waiting to see if ChitChats comes up with a way to streamline the process. As it stands now they have shut off labels to all effected HTS codes. My backup plan for the meantime appears to be to print off individual CUSMA certificates for every single package I ship to the USA with unique addresses for each certificate as well as to designate in the product description that the paints are for professional adult use only to avoid having to provide lab test results indicating safety. What are you guys plans? I know many on here sell vintage clothes/ toys/ games/ electronics which will be effected. I have even debated stopping shipping to the USA entirely and slowly winding my business down to go out of business. In fact, if the loophole of designating the products are for adult/ professional usage isnt allowed that is exactly what I will have to do because I cannot invest thousands into lab reviews of my products. I did read somewhere that I might be able to submit my ingredients list for a desk review for hundreds instead perhaps but im still navigating this as I type this.If chitchats doesnt have a similar method to UPS I will have to switch entirely to UPS netparcel for all packages, with Canada Post being my exception for Canadian customers only. On top of these new changes comes the new EU changes which prevents me from using Canada Post. I cant use chitchats for international shipments already due to them not being setup to handle art supplies via air travel since they deem them as flammable so I use UPS or Canada Post (90% of the time Canada Post doesnt care and neither do foreign national postal services). I may just need to just use UPS only now and accept that the higher prices for consumers may scare some people off but its better than being limited strictly to Canada, commonwealth and Asia only. I need access to USA and EU to stay viable. Please share your thoughts.Either way I slice this, I am going to be downscaling for sure. My goal was to have my ecommerce business as my main income and have a side income on top of that but its looking like ill have to go the reverse route.

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