The import/export market for used electronic devices treads into an area of international law that is influenced by the Basel Convention. This was a 1992 meeting producing a treaty aimed to reduce the unregulated importing of hazardous materials from developed nations into developing nations. This nearly $1.5 billion industry, essential to secondhand production in developing nations, has increased 50-percent since the early 2000s. One major exporter, the United States, is not party to the Basel Convention, complicating this market significantly. However, the EPA has since taken the step to permitting the import of potentially hazardous materials from just a few nations: Costa Rica, Malaysia, and the Philippines. However, the exports of similar materials have been made to many, many different nations. The variety of laws permitting the imports of such materials by the receiving nation complicates the process of determining exactly how “clean” the exports are from the United States.  It is laudable that the exporters in the United States wishes to repurpose these materials, as opposed to immediately disposing of them. However, international organizations such as The Basel Action Network (BAN) have noted that the industries penchant for shipping second hand materials for production in developing nations has complicated the overall policing of hazardous material transports globally. What would aid in the process of policing the global market for these materials would be for domestic policies, especially in the United States, to conform to the international standards implied by the Basel Convention.  Complicating it further, the interpretations of international law on the matter of imports/exports of hazardous materials of hazardous materials have been plagued by ambiguity. The definitions of what is or is not considered hazardous varies amongst nations, therefore not limiting the problem of determining how clean the materials are to just the non-parties, such as the United States.