NHTSA to Allow Imports of Cars That Meet Canadian Safety Standards

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will permit some motor vehicles that don't comply with all U.S. safety standards to be imported as long as they meet Canadian safety standards, the agency said in a final decision. Such vehicles must be "substantially similar to vehicles that were certified by their manufacturers as complying with the U.S. safety standards and are capable of being readily altered to conform to those standards" or have "safety features that comply with, or are capable of being altered to comply with, all U.S. safety standards," NHTSA said. "To import a vehicle made admissible under any final decision, the importer must indicate" to CBP that "the vehicle has been determined eligible for importation" through a Department of Transportation declaration form HS-7, NHTSA said.