CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Malaysian glove producers
WASHINGTON — Effective November 4, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at all U.S. ports of entry will detain disposable gloves produced in Malaysia by a group of companies collectively known as Smart Glove. This group of companies…
CBP Modifies Forced Labor Finding on Top Glove Corporation Bhd.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that it has modified the forced labor Finding on Top Glove Corporation Bhd. Effective immediately, CBP will permit the importation of disposable gloves made at Top Glove facilities in…
CBP Selects AnnMarie R. Highsmith and John P. Leonard as the Agency’s New Trade Leaders
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has selected Ms. AnnMarie R. Highsmith as Executive Assistant Commissioner and Mr. John P. Leonard as Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Trade.As stewards of CBP’s trade mission,…
CBP modifies Withhold Release Order on certain tobacco imports from Premium Tobacco Malawi Limited
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has modified an existing Withhold Release Order on imports of tobacco from Malawi.Effective May 21, 2021, certain tobacco imports from Premium Tobacco Malawi Limited (PTML) will be admissible at all U.…
CBP Announces June 2021 Operational Update
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today released operational statistics for June 2021, which can be viewed here.“We are in the hottest part of the summer, and we are seeing a high number of distress calls to CBP from migrants…
Forced Labor
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) establishes a rebuttable presumption that the importation of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in…
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) establishes a rebuttable presumption that the importation of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in…
CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Chinese fishing fleet
WASHINGTON — Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order against Dalian Ocean Fishing Co., Ltd. based on information that reasonably indicates…
CBP Announces May 2021 Operational Update
*Updated 6/29/2021 based on an internal review of CBP's forced labor enforcement data that found the total value of goods targeted under Withhold Release Orders (WRO) to be lower than initially estimated and the number and value of detentions under…