Regulatory Compliance
Import Regulations

• Acceptable and Unacceptable Descriptions from the CBP
   
• FDA Food Import Information Filing Regulations
   
• Importing a Car into the USA (External Link)
   
• US Customs and Border Protection Rules
  • 24 Hour Advanced Cargo Manifest Rule
  • Import Security Filing (ISF) "10+2" Rule (External Link)
  • "K" Line Answers your questions about the ISF "10+2" Rule
     
• USA Import Policy - Wood Packing Materials
  • Requirements for Wood Packing Materials (WPM)
  • http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/agriculture/wpm/ (External Link)
    Includes link to CBP's FAQs regarding Wood Packing Materials
  • USDA Suspends Wood Crafts Imports from China - Effective April 1, 2005
     

Canadian Import Regulations

• CBSA Testing and Ventilation of Marine Containers (External Link)
   
• Presentation of Vessel Cargo Declaration to Canadian Customs and Border Agency
  Before Cargo is Laden Aboard Vessel at Foreign Port for Transport to Canada
   
• Canada Border Services Agency enforcements of requlations on wood packing under ISPM 15 and CFIA D-98-8
  (External Link)
   
• CFIA Wood Packaging - Questions and Answers
  http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/for/cwpc/wdpkgqae.shtml

• Entry Requirments for Wood Packaging Materianls Produced in All Areas other than the Continental United States
  http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/d-98-08e.shtml 
   
• New Canadian requirements for wood packaging material from China effective June 1, 2009 with Phase In Period