🆕 CPSC eFiling and Compliance Support for SKU Management
Release Date: June 5, 2026
What's New
The Legacy SKU Management portal now supports a scalable CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) compliance and certificate tracking architecture. By linking CPSC certificates and citations directly to SKU product entities, the platform is prepared to automatically generate PGA (Partner Government Agency) message set data elements for T01/T11 consumption entry clearances.
Why?
CPSC eFiling becomes mandatory July 8, 2026 for all CPSC-regulated imports on consumption entries. Custom brokers filing T01/T11 clearances via ACE will require PGA Message Set elements at the time of entry.
By shifting compliance data to the SKU and Certificate layer, the data is reusable across all shipments using the same SKU. The PGA payload can be assembled entirely from the SKU layer without modifying transactional shipment data.
How It Works
All CPSC compliance data lives at the SKU and Certificate level. As long as a shipment line item links to a SKU, and that SKU links to a valid certificate, the full CPSC PGA payload is successfully assembled.
The backend database models this using three core entities:
- SKUProduct — Holds basic item identifiers (unchanged).
- SKUProductCertificate — Stores GCC (General Conformity Certificate) or CPC (Children's Product Certificate) fields.
- SKUProductCertificateCitation — Stores regulatory citations (e.g. 16 CFR 1303) per certificate.
During bulk CSV imports, C#-side generated GUID values for certificate primary keys are preserved using SQL Server's
KeepIdentity configuration. This resolves relational mismatches between parent certificates and child citations.
In-App Compliance Management
Compliance details can be managed directly on the SKU Management page. Clicking the edit button on any SKU opens the Change Sku dialog.
1. SKU Info Tab
Displays vendor references, cost, currency, and origin attributes.
2. Certificate Info Tab
Stores certificate registration identifiers, processing codes, certifier details, and production dates.
3. CPSC & Citations Tab
Manages inspection details, disclaimers, and associated compliance checklist rows.

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Active Citation Radio Selection: The Citations Checklist contains a single-select radio button column. Selecting a radio button activates that compliance citation and automatically deactivates all other citation records in the database.
Ingesting Data via CSV Imports
To support batch updates, the upload panel offers options to import compliance details.
- Selecting SKU Certificate Import locks the Processing Type dropdown to Replace and disables it, enforcing the strict 1-to-1 SKU-to-Certificate mapping on the backend.
What the Compliance Schema Contains
| Field | Table | Validations & Requirements |
|---|
| SKU | SKUProduct | Required. Parent SKU code |
| AgencyProcessingCode | SKUProductCertificate | Required (e.g. REF, FGC, FCP). Max length 3 |
| CertificateType | SKUProductCertificate | Required (GCC or CPC). Max length 10 |
| ProductId | SKUProductCertificate | Required. Product ID or Globally Unique ID. Max length 100 |
| CertifierId | SKUProductCertificate | Required if AgencyProcessingCode is REF. Max length 100 |
| CPSCDisclaim | SKUProductCertificate | Optional (Y or blank). Max length 1 |
| CPSCDisclaimReason | SKUProductCertificate | Conditional (required if Disclaim is Y). Max length 1 |
| CitationCode | SKUProductCertificateCitation | Required (e.g. 16 CFR 1303). Max length 100 |
| Active | SKUProductCertificateCitation | Required (bit flag). Indicates primary citation |
CSV File Import Schemas
1. SKU CPSC Fields (sku-cpsc.csv)
Upserts CPSC compliance fields based on SKU:
SKU,CPSCDisclaim,CPSCDisclaimReason,CPSCIntendedUseCode,CPSCIntendedUseDescription,CPSCCommercialDescription,CPSCCommodityCharacteristicQualifier,CPSCCommodityCharacteristicDescription
2. SKU Certificate Import (sku-certificates.csv)
Links certificates, entities, and citations to SKUs:
SKU,AgencyProcessingCode,CertificateName,CertificateType,ProductIdQualifier,ProductId,CertifierId,BrandName,Model,ManufactureMonth,ManufactureYear,IdNumberType,IdNumber,DeclarationCode,ProductionStartDate,ProductionEndDate,LotNumberQualifier,InspectionStatus,InspectionDate,EffectiveDate,ExpiryDate,CitationCodes,CitationDescriptions,ManufacturerVendor,ManufacturerIdTypeCode,ManufacturerIdNumber,TestingLabVendor,TestingLabIdTypeCode,TestingLabIdNumber,CertifierVendor,CertifierIdTypeCode,CertifierIdNumber,Active,Notes
Supported Clearance Types
- T01 Entry (Consumption Entry)
- T11 Entry (Consumption Entry / Informal Entry)
Mandatory Deadline
- Compliance is mandatory beginning July 8, 2026 for all CPSC-regulated import entries.
*For technical questions or integration support, contact the Platform Engineering team.*