CBP Revises WRO on Tobacco From Malawi
CBP updated its withhold release order on tobacco from Malawi so “tobacco imported from Limbe Leaf Tobacco Company Ltd. (LLTC) will be admissible at all U.S. ports of entry” as of July 31, the agency said in an Aug. 1…
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news release. CBP issued the original WRO in 2019 (see 1911010026). CBP “modified the WRO based on a rigorous evaluation of LLTC’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 LLTC’s claims that tobacco from its farms is not produced and harvested using forced labor.” The update is proof of “the power of WROs to induce positive change in U.S. supply chains,” said Brenda Smith, executive assistant commissioner of CBP’s Office of Trade. CBP previously updated the WRO for another company for similar reasons (see 2006030037). “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,” CBP said.