CBP Says Some Tobacco From Malawi Not Subject to WRO
CBP updated its withhold release order on tobacco from Malawi so that “certain tobacco imports from Premium Tobacco Malawi Limited (PTML) will be admissible at all U.S. ports of entry” as of May 21, the agency said in a May…
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24 news release. “This modification applies only to tobacco harvested by Club Growers in Malawi.” CBP issued the original WRO in 2019 (see 1911010026). CBP modified the WRO based “on a rigorous evaluation of PTML’s social compliance program and efforts to identify and minimize the risks of forced labor in its supply chain,” it said. “These actions produced evidence that sufficiently supports PTML’s claims that tobacco from club growers (smallholder growers that use little or no farm worker labor) is not grown and harvested using forced labor or forced child labor.” The agency twice previously modified the WRO to allow for tobacco imports from other Malawi producers (see 2008030028 and 2006030037).