CBP Plans Outreach to Trade Community on Compliance With Forced Labor Import Bans
ARLINGTON, Va. -- CBP plans to reach out to importers and customs brokers over the next year to resolve uncertainty in the trade community over a recent uptick in import bans on goods produced by forced labor, Brenda Smith, CBP…
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executive assistant commissioner for trade, said at the American Association of Exporters and Importers annual conference. Importers of products from countries or industries that have had “risks in the past around forced labor need to understand what we’re looking for,” Smith said June 6. Over the next four to 12 months, CBP will sit down with the trade community to “understand what you need to know to make sure you are compliant with the law,” she said. After not having issued any in more than a decade, CBP has already issued several withhold release orders (see 1603310034) in the months since the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 removed an exemption from bans on goods produced by forced labor (see 1603010043).