Customs territory of the United States

Import is defined as causing the chemical to be imported into the customs territory of the United States. If you order a covered toxic chemical (or a mixture containing the chemical) from a foreign supplier, then you have imported the chemical when that shipment arrives at your facility directly from a source outside of the United States. By ordering the chemical, you have caused it to be imported," even though you may have used an import brokerage firm as an agent to obtain the chemical. 

Importer means the first business with employees within the Customs Territory of the United States which receives hazardous chemicsds produced in other countries, for the purpose of supplying them to distributors or manufacturing purchasers within the United States. 

The TSCA imposes most of its requirements on manufacturers. Manufacture is defined in the TSCA as meaning to produce or manufacture in the United States or import into the customs territory of the United States [18]. This broad definition includes importers of chemical substances [19]. Under the implementing regulations for TSCA Section 5 (PMN) and Section 8 (data collection), manufacture is defined to mean manufacture for commercial purposes— to import, produce, or manufacture with the purpose of obtaining an immediate or eventual commercial advantage for the manufacturer [20]. 

Manufacture includes to import into the customs territory of the United States (as defined in general note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States). Customs Territory of the United States as used in general note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff refers to only the States, The District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Therefore, importation into Guam, American Samoa, or other U.S. possessions or territories does not constitute manufacturing. Importers of chemicals into these possessions and territories are not bound by the regulations governing manufacturers unless they are subject to TSCA for some other reason. 

This usage is consistent with the statute generally, which defines manufacture as to import into the customs territory of the United States. produce, or manufacture . TSCA... 

The exporter must submit a notification of export or of intent to export a regulated chemical substance or mixture. For purposes of 12(b), exporter is defined as the person who, as the principal party in interest in the export transaction, has the power and responsibihty for determining and controlling the sending of the chemical substance or mixture to a destination out of the customs territory of the United States. 

Not all importation onto soil governed by the United States requires import certifications. The Customs Territory of the United States is limited to the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Therefore, TSCA does not regulate imports into Guam and other U.S. protectorates. In addition, certification is not required for chemicals imported under entry for transportation and exportation, such as a product being transported through the United States from Canada to Mexico or for importation into a Foreign Trade Zone. " However, if the substance is later withdrawn from the Foreign Trade Zone for use in the United States, a certification would be required at that time. ... 

TSCA 13) Entry into customs territory of the United States. 

The Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse entry into the customs territory of the United States (as defined in general note of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States) of any chemical substance, mixture, or article containing a chemical substance or mixture offered for such entry if-... 

In a situation analogous to that in the United States of America, legislation covering drugs of abuse has been written at the Territory and Commonwealth levels. The two principle documents relevant at Commonwealth level are the Customs Act, 1901 and the Crimes (Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act, 1990. 

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