Reference category

Compliance

Compliance is the part of market entry that does not appear on a landed-cost sheet. It combines a responsible person established in the destination, a product mark or certificate for the category, producer registrations for packaging and waste, and a tax registration. Each is administered separately and renews on its own cycle.

The entries are grouped two ways: by market, so a seller can see the registrations a destination expects, and by product category, so a seller can scope the tests and the technical file. Every figure and scheme carries the authority link and a check date. Rules move, and a temporary or proposed rule is labelled as such — confirm the current text before printing a label or committing a shipment.

Reference sets in this category (2)

Market Compliance Reference

Product compliance obligations for cross-border sellers, market by market: local representative, product marking, EPR and packaging registrations, tax registration and the official authority behind each rule.

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Product Compliance Reference

What a compliance file needs for electronics, toys, cosmetics, apparel, food-contact materials, batteries, medical devices and general consumer goods — with the tests, documents and registrations that recur.

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Market Compliance Reference 12 entries

European UnionGPSR responsible person, CE marking by product directive, country-by-country packaging EPR and IOSS for low-value VAT. GermanyLUCID packaging registration before sale, WEEE and battery registration, 19% VAT and German-language labelling. FranceEPR by stream with a producer identifier, Triman sorting instructions, 20% VAT and French-language labelling. United KingdomUK responsible person, UKCA or accepted CE marking, £135 VAT collection, packaging EPR and a duty relief under review. United StatesNo single federal mark; FCC, CPSC, FDA and state rules apply, with sales-tax nexus and Prop 65 warnings. CanadaBilingual labelling, ISED certification for radio, Health Canada cosmetics notification and GST/HST registration. AustraliaRCM marking for electrical goods, ACCC mandatory standards, 10% GST and TGA/AICIS routes for health and cosmetics. JapanPSE for electrical appliances, MIC/Giteki for radio, Japanese labelling, 10% consumption tax and the ¥10,000 exemption limits. United Arab EmiratesECAS registration for regulated products, Arabic labelling, 5% VAT and a local importer for clearance. Saudi ArabiaSABER certificate of conformity, Arabic labelling, 15% VAT and a Saudi importer of record. IndiaBIS registration for notified electronics, EPR for packaging and e-waste, legal metrology labels and GST by category. BrazilINMETRO and ANATEL certification, ANVISA for health products, Portuguese labelling and a stacked import tax burden.

Product Compliance Reference 8 entries

Electronics and electrical goodsSafety, EMC and radio testing, plus WEEE, battery and RoHS obligations that follow the product into each market. Toys and children's productsEN 71 and ASTM F963 testing, age grading, CPSIA certificates and tracking labels for the US market. Cosmetics and personal careSafety assessment, INCI ingredient list, CPNP notification in the EU, SCPN in the UK and MoCRA in the US. Apparel and textilesFibre composition, care labelling, REACH restrictions and textile EPR in France and other markets. Food-contact materialsMigration testing, declarations of compliance and the EU framework rules for plastics and other materials. Batteries and products with batteriesUN 38.3 transport testing, IEC 62133 safety, EU Battery Regulation labelling and producer take-back. Medical devices and health productsTechnical file, clinical evaluation and quality-system evidence for MDR, FDA and other device regimes. General consumer goodsGeneral safety, traceability, chemical restrictions and the responsible-person rules that catch everything outside a specific regime.

Tools that work with these entries

Compliance Checker

Pick a destination and product category to see the responsible person, marking, registrations and a planning budget.

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Landed Cost Calculator

Add duty, import tax, freight and handling to a goods value to get the true landed cost and per-unit cost.

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De Minimis Checker

Enter a declared value and destination to see whether duty and tax start — and where the cliff falls.

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VAT / GST Calculator

Add or remove VAT or GST with country presets for the UK, EU, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore and the UAE.

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Germany Import Duty Calculator (EU)

EU rules: €3 interim duty up to €150, 19% import VAT, and duty above €150.

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UK Import Duty Calculator

No duty at or below £135 for most goods, but 20% VAT applies from the first pound.

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US Import Duty Calculator

Estimate US duty from the first dollar — the $800 de minimis is suspended.

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Canada Import Duty Calculator

CAD 20 general courier remission; CAD 150 duty and CAD 40 tax relief for US or Mexican origin.

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Australia Import Duty Calculator

No duty at or below AUD 1,000; GST on low-value goods is collected at checkout.

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Japan Import Duty Calculator

¥10,000 exemption for most goods, 10% consumption tax, with category exclusions.

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