Do you import or export chemicals controlled by the US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)? (There are more than 85,000 on the TSCA Inventory.) Are you planning to bring into the US a new or existing chemical made overseas that does not appear on the TSCA Inventory List but must be so listed before you import it? Do you otherwise manufacture TSCA chemicals here in the US? Are you prepared to file the TSCA Inventory Update Report, due next year?
Key topics:
- TSCA and its key requirements
- TSCA exemptions
- Significance of the TSCA Chemical Inventory List
- How to deal with "new" chemicals prior to importation
- Import requirements for TSCA listed chemicals
- Export requirements for certain TSCA chemicals
- Inventory Update Reporting Requirements for import or production of 25,000 pounds of a TSCA listed chemical
- Reporting Requirements with NEW special added reporting requirements for import or production of 250,000 pounds of a TSCA chemical
- TSCA "flags" and their significance
- Export classification of chemicals under the ECCNs and ITARs
- USHTS import tariff classification of, and entry requirements for, TSCA chemicals.
About the instructors:
Robin Grover, a trade attorney, licensed customs broker and certified customs specialist with 28 years experience dealing with TSCA-related trade matters
Suzanne M. Richer, founder of Customs & Trade Solutions, Inc. http://www.ctsiadvisors.com/index.asp and a Licensed Customs Broker, has over twenty-three year in international supply chain management, having worked in the Ports of Detroit, Miami, Newark and Philadelphia. Ms. Richer has counseled corporations involved in the importation of Automotive Vehicles and Parts, Electronics, Wearing Apparel and Machinery. She has worked with clients during their closing audits with U.S. Customs, assisted companies in participating in cargo security programs such as C-TPAT at Tier 3 levels, and counseled corporations on international trade law issues. Consultant and author of numerous articles, in 2006, she was recognized by the Journal of Commerce as one of the top 20 Women in Transportation
