Most importer catalogs have certificate gaps on 20-40% of regulated SKUs

Published 2026-09-15 · Product Cert Desk

Across first audits of importer catalogs, the same pattern shows up: 20 to 40 percent of regulated SKUs have a certificate problem that would hold a shipment.

The usual suspects: a test report for a factory you no longer use, a certificate for revision 3 when you are shipping revision 5, a report expired against the retest window, or a certificate that names a different importer of record.

None of these need a lawyer. They need a spreadsheet, a chase list and a month. Our 20-SKU audit shows you the shape of your own gap before CBP shows it to you.