CBP to Update Petition Review Process for Forced Labor Import Bans, Says Kerlikowske
Changes on the way to CBP’s regulations prohibiting imports of goods made by forced labor will include an update to the process for submitting petitions, said CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske in remarks (here) prepared for a Coalition of New England…
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Companies for Trade conference on April 13. The agency will be “clarifying” the standards and process for reviewing petitions alleging a good was produced with forced or child labor and deciding whether to issue a “withhold release order” banning imports of the product, he said. “We welcome input from industry” and non-governmental organizations, said Kerlikowske. CBP recently issued its first forced labor withhold release orders in over 15 years (see 1603310034), weeks after customs reauthorization legislation removed an exemption to the forced labor ban (see 1603010043). Human rights groups recently requested a withhold release order directed against all cotton products from Turkmenistan (see 1604120031). “I urge industry to be proactive in evaluating their supply chains,” said Kerlikowske.