TheU.S.ConsumerProductSafetyCommission.pptVIP

DRAFT * * DRAFT * * 19 co located @ 15 major ports out of 327 To place these numbers in context, there are approximately 327 U.S. ports of entry and more than 14 million entry lines imported into the U.S. each year. Based on Fiscal Year 2010 volumes, the current port staff were able to review only 0.05 pecent of the import line entries under CPSC’s jurisdiction. This very low number of inspections, limited by resource constraints, fails to provide sufficient coverage of either the 327 port locations or the enormous volume of imported consumer products. The value of U.S. imports under the C