Booster seats (for chairs, not car seats)
CPSC requirements for this product type. Group: Nursery: seating and feeding.
Certificate and rules
As a children's product (the usual case)
- Certificate
- Children's Product Certificate (CPC)
- Testing by a CPSC-accepted lab
- Required for the rules marked below
- Rules that likely apply
- 16 CFR part 1237: Booster seats Third-party testing
- 15 U.S.C. 1278a: Total lead content Third-party testing
- 16 CFR part 1307: Phthalates Third-party testing
Conditional rules
These rules apply only when the condition fits your product.
- If product has paint, ink, or a similar surface coating: 16 CFR part 1303
Notes
ASTM F2640-18 via 16 CFR 1237. Car booster seats are motor vehicle equipment under NHTSA, not this rule. Phthalates (16 CFR 1307) apply because a product designed to facilitate feeding of children 3 and younger is a 'child care article' under 16 CFR 1307.2(b); CPSC's Feb 2009 guidance gives a sippy cup as an example. Durable infant or toddler product: also needs a product registration card (16 CFR 1130) and tracking labels; neither is a lab test, so they are not listed as rules here.
Other requirements
- Product registration card (16 CFR 1130)
- Tracking label (CPSIA section 103) on product and packaging
HTS subheadings
Subheadings commonly used for this product type (your broker confirms the full classification).
| 6-digit subheading | CPSC flags |
|---|---|
| 9401.71 | 5 flagged as certificate data required (CP2), 2 flagged as may be needed (CP1) |
| 9401.79 | 5 flagged as certificate data required (CP2), 6 flagged as may be needed (CP1) |
| 9401.80 | 6 flagged as certificate data required (CP2), 7 flagged as may be needed (CP1) |
Counts are the number of lines CPSC flagged under the subheading in its HTS guidance list (CP2: CPSC Certificate Related Data is Required; CP1: CPSC Certificate Related Data May be Needed). Source: CPSC HTS guidance list.
Sources
- cpsc.gov/Business--Manufacturing/Testing-Certification/Lab-Accreditation/Rules-Requiring-T
- ecfr.gov/current/title-16/part-1237
- ecfr.gov/current/title-16/part-1307/section-1307.2
- ecfr.gov/current/title-16/part-1130
- cpsc.gov/s3fs-public/CPSCGuidanceHTSListforFilingElectronicCertificates10012026.xlsx
Last verified 2026-10-18; pending review by a compliance consultant. General information, not legal advice or a determination for your product.
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