CBP Says Some Tobacco From Malawi No Longer Subject to WRO
CBP updated its withhold release order on tobacco from Malawi so “that tobacco imported from Malawi by Alliance One International, LLC will be admissible at all U.S. ports of entry effective June 3,” the agency said in an emailed news…
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release. CBP issued the original WRO in 2019 (see 1911010026). CBP “modified the WRO based on a rigorous evaluation of Alliance One International’s social compliance program and efforts to identify and minimize the risks of forced labor from its supply chain,” it said. “These actions produced evidence that sufficiently supports Alliance One International’s claim that the tobacco produced and harvested from their farms does not use forced labor. The WRO continues to apply to imports of tobacco from Malawi by any company that has not demonstrated to CBP that there is no forced labor in its supply chain.”