Amazon cross-border e-commerce requires certification related certificates

#1 CE certification

CE certification is the EU's certification for safety management and control to ensure the most basic safety guarantee for products, that is, only the basic safety requirements for products that do not endanger the safety of humans, animals and goods, rather than general quality requirements. The harmonized directive only specifies the main requirements. General instruction requirements are standard tasks. CE certification controls product safety. Regardless of product quality, the CE mark is also a safety certification mark. Products with the CE mark can enter the European market.

In the EU market, the "CE" mark is a compulsory certification mark. Whether it is a product produced by an EU enterprise or a product produced in another country, if you want to circulate freely on the EU market, you must affix the "CE" mark to indicate the product It complies with the basic requirements of the EU Directive "New Methods of Technical Coordination and Standardization". This is a mandatory requirement of EU law on products.

#2 FDA certification

The US Food and Drug Administration (Food and Drug Administration) is referred to as FDA. The FDA is one of the executive agencies established by the U.S. government in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the Department of Public Health (PHS). The FDA's responsibility is to ensure the safety of food, cosmetics, drugs, biological agents, medical equipment, and radiological products produced or imported in the United States.

After the "September 11" incident, people in the United States believed that it was necessary to effectively improve the safety of food supplies. After the US Congress passed the "Public Health and Safety and Bioterrorism Prevention and Countermeasures Act of 2002" in June last year, it allocated US$500 million to authorize the FDA to formulate specific rules for the implementation of the Act. The regulation stipulates that the FDA will assign a special registration number to each registration applicant. Food exported to the United States by foreign institutions must be notified to the US Food and Drug Administration 24 hours before arriving at a US port, or they will be denied entry. , And be detained at the port of entry.

#3 CPC certification

For toy products, Amazon generally requires CPC certificates and value-added tax invoices, and CPC certificates are generally produced based on the corresponding CPSC, CPSIA, and ASTM testing content and certificates.

CPSC US Consumer Product Safety Commission main inspection content:

1. The American toy testing standard ASTM F963 is converted to a mandatory standard

2. Standardize lead-containing toys

3. Children's toy products provide traceability labels.

ASTM F963: Under normal circumstances, the first three parts of ASTM F963 should be tested, including physical and mechanical performance testing, flammability testing, and eight toxic heavy metal testing.

#4 UL certification

NRTL refers to the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory, which is the abbreviation of the English Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) under the U.S. Department of Labor requires that products used in the workplace must be tested and certified by a nationally recognized laboratory. Ensure the personal safety of users. In North America, manufacturers who legally sell civilian or industrial products on the market must carry out rigorous testing in accordance with national standards. Only after passing the relevant tests of the Nationally Recognized Laboratory (NRTL), the product can be legally sold in the market.

Product Range:

1. Household appliances, including small household appliances, kitchen appliances, home entertainment equipment, etc.

2. Electronic toys

3. Sports and leisure products

4. Household electronic equipment, lighting appliances

5. Household machinery

6. Electrical and electronic office equipment, such as copiers, fax machines, paper shredders, computers, printers, etc.

7. Communication products and IT products

8. Electric tools, electronic measuring instruments, etc.

9. Industrial machinery, experimental measurement equipment

10. Other safety-related products such as bicycles, helmets, ladders, furniture, etc.

#5 PSE certification

PSE certification is a Japanese compulsory safety certification, which is used to prove that electrical and electronic products have passed the safety standard test of the Japanese Electrical and Material Safety Law (DENAN Law) or the international IEC standard. Japan’s DENTORL Law (Electrical Device and Material Control Law) stipulates that 498 products must pass safety certification to enter the Japanese market.

Among them, 165 types of A products should obtain the diamond-shaped PSE mark, and 333 types of B products should obtain the round PSE mark.

Covered product range:

Wires and cables, fuses, wiring appliances (electrical accessories, lighting appliances, etc.), current limiters, transformers, ballasts

Electric heating appliances, electric power application mechanical appliances (household appliances), electronic application mechanical appliances (high frequency epilator)

Other AC electrical machinery (electrical insect killer, DC power supply device), carrying engine.

#6 VCCI certification

VCCI certification is a non-compulsory certification for IT computer peripheral products in the Japanese market, but computer peripheral products sold in Japan generally require VCCI certification. This certification is only for IT computer peripheral equipment, not any electrical and electronic products that require VCCI. . Simply judge whether it belongs to IT computer equipment, you can see whether the product has a USB interface, and whether there is information transmission between the product and the computer.

Japan's VCCI certification is a certification specifically for electromagnetic emission control of IT equipment. So what is electromagnetic compatibility? Electromagnetic compatibility, electromagnetic compatibility simply depends on whether the product will affect the use of other products when it is used, and whether it will affect the use of the product when other products are used.

#7 SG certification

The SG mark (pictured below) is the abbreviation of "Safety Goods" and is a voluntary product safety assurance mark developed by the Consumer Product Safety Association (CPSA). The Consumer Product Safety Association of Japan CPSA was established in accordance with the Consumer Product Safety Law of Japan. CPSA promotes and guarantees consumer product safety by formulating standards. CPSA will issue SG marks for products that comply with CPSA standards.

The SG mark is a product certification system. The Japanese Consumer Product Safety Association CPSA has formulated safety standards for obtaining the SG mark for products that may endanger human lives or cause harm. The safety standards are mainly aimed at the structure, material and/or use mode of the product. As the necessary criteria for judging the safety of consumer products, these standards are formulated on the basis of opinions from professionals and representatives from many different sectors, including consumers, manufacturers, distributors, testing and inspection agencies And government departments. Only those products that have been audited to meet safety standards are authorized by CPSA to affix the SG mark.

#8 TELEC certification

Telec is also called MIC certification in Japan. Telec is one of MIC's designated certification agencies, so it is collectively referred to as TELEC certification, which is a mandatory certification in Japan. Wireless products entering the Japanese market require type approval under the Japan Radio Law. The specific test specifications follow the MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) Notice No. 88 regulations. The update and maintenance of the test specifications are also performed by the MIC (Japan’s Director of Information and Communication Industry). Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications).

Amazon sellers learn more about the product certification requirements of different countries and regions, to select suitable products, to escort smooth sales, and to a certain extent to avoid losses caused by goods that cannot be sold on the platform.