On July 24, 2017 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #17-000416 providing a reminder regarding special import requirements for imported goods subject to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).

According to the notice, the trade, “must either provide a Pesticide Notice of Arrival (NOA) signed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or submit the same information and an on-product label with the entry information via ACE prior to arrival at the port of entry.”

Entries sent after August 1, 2017 with a disclaim code of C or D on FIFRA commodities will receive a “Documents Required” message, until CBP can confirm the required documentation (an EPA-signed NOA) has been uploaded to DIS or is accompanying the shipment.

The CSMS can be accessed at:

https://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=22818&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby=