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EPA Requirements for Importers and Exporters

Pesticides and Devices

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  • Importing and Exporting Pesticides and Devices
  • More about Importing and Exporting Pesticides 

Ozone-Depleting Substances

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  • Importing Bulk Ozone-Depleting Substances
  • Product Labeling
  • Ban on Nonessential Products
  • More about Ozone-Depleting Substances 

Chemical Substances

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  • Import and Export Requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
  • Compliance Guide for the Chemical Import Requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act
  • Mercury Export Ban of 2008
  • More about Importing and Exporting Requirements under TSCA 

Vehicles, Engines and Fuels

Requirements for Import and Export of Vehicles, Engines and Fuels
  • Importing Vehicles and Engines to the U.S.
  • Exporting U.S. Vehicles or Engines
  • More Information about Importing and Exporting Vehicles, Engines and Fuels

Wastes

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  • Information about Transboundary Shipments of Hazardous Wastes
  • Universal Waste 
  • Medical Waste
  • Electronic Waste

Other Requirements

Other Requirements for Import and Export
  • Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Requirements for Importers and Exports
  • Architectural Coatings 
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  • Plumbing Products 

Border Center

The Border Center, developed with support from U.S. EPA, provides information to help you better understand and comply with environmental laws regulating the import and export of environmentally sensitive products, materials and wastes into and from the United States.

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Export Promotion

EPA is working with other federal agencies, environmental technologies trade associations, and global stakeholders as part of an environmental technology export strategy to help create American jobs in the growing environmental industry.

Selected Multilateral Environmental Instruments In Force for the U.S.

Explore information about certain international treaties, protocols and other agreements to which the United States is a party.

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Last updated on April 28, 2022
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