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December 01, 2022

—— Wanliqing Cross-border Business——

The last month of 2022 is here! Amazon’s U.S. “Cyber ​​One” sales hit a new high, and online shopping spending on Cyber ​​Monday this year reached US$9.55 billion, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%. In the case of growing sales in the United States, let's take a look at what new policies the bigwigs in the United States have introduced!

Amazon will ban sellers from selling fur products to California starting January 1 next year.

Effective January 1, 2023, the California Fishing and Hunting Law will be updated to prohibit the manufacture, sale, trade or distribution of fur products in California. To comply with the new law, Amazon will restrict the sale of fur products to California starting next year.

The law applies to all types of fur from any source and defines fur as any part of animal skin or attached hair, wool or fur fibers, whether in raw or processed state. The exemption includes faux fur (false fur) and fur products for any activity expressly authorized by federal law.

For more information on the new law and a list of all exempt products, see Industry Guidance on California State Assembly Bill 44, and Amazon's Policy on Animals and Animal-Related Products.

If any of your ASINs are affected, we will contact you via email 30 days before 1 January 2023. If you believe your listing has been incorrectly identified as a prohibited product, please contact Amazon.

On February 6, 2023, Amazon will begin restricting sales to California of products not registered with MAEDbS

Products in the following categories that are not registered on MAEDbs will be restricted from sale:

●Light bulb

●Swimming pool products and portable spa products

●Portable air conditioner

●Computer and monitor

Amazon issued a notice saying that the California Energy Commission (CEC) requires regulated appliances to meet minimum electrical energy efficiency standards and to be registered in the Modern Equipment Efficiency Database System (MAEDbS) and provide accurate information, including brand name, manufacturer name and model number.

Any products that sellers sell in these categories will still be available for sale on Amazon; however, they will not be available for sale in California until the seller properly registers them with the CEC's MAEDbS. Once Amazon confirms that your product is registered, your listing will automatically resume selling in California.

In California, certain products must meet minimum energy efficiency requirements set forth by the California Energy Commission (CEC).if you are in Air_h=qnhiListing an item on the website that is subject to CEC regulations, it is your responsibility to ensure that the item complies with the CEC minimum efficiency requirements and is registered with MAEDbS

U.S. releases mandatory safety standards to prevent furniture tipping

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) approved a new federal safety standard, "Safety Standards for Clothing Storage Units" (16 CFR 1261), to prevent children from being injured by tipping of clothing storage units (CSU), which will be introduced in 180 It will come into effect after 2 days.

After the standard takes effect, all clothing storage unit furniture entering the US market must exceed the minimum stability requirements, be marked and labeled with safety and identification information, and be affixed with hang tags to provide performance and technical data on product stability.

The CPSC noted that the latest mandatory safety standards are aimed at preventing injuries and fatalities caused by furniture such as clothing storage units tipping over, especially to children. Among them, clothing storage unit furniture includes cabinets, dressing tables, wardrobes, chests of drawers, drawer boxes and door cabinets and other furniture products with storage functions.

Port of Houston imposes container detention fee

A few days ago, the Port of Houston, a container port in the eastern United States, announced that in order to speed up the flow of goods, the port will charge cargo owners with import residence fees from December 1, 2022.

Specifically, for imported containers that stay at the port for more than 8 days (including 8 days), a daily detention fee of US$45/container will be charged directly to the beneficial owners (BCOs).

Demurrage charges apply at the Port of Houston's Barbours Cut and Bayport container terminals. Cargo owners must pay this new fee if they want to take back the stranded containers.

The United States once again extends the tariff exemption period for Chinese anti-epidemic medical products

On November 23 local time, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that in response to the new crown epidemic, it will extend the 301 tariff exemption for Chinese anti-epidemic medical products for another 90 days to February 28, 2023. The previous exemption period was due to end on November 30.

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