CBP Lifts WRO After Malaysian Company Addresses Forced Labor Concerns
CBP announced it has modified a withhold release order against imports of synthetic disposable gloves manufactured by YTY Industry Holdings, and will now allow gloves from the Malaysian company to enter the U.S. “provided they are otherwise in compliance with U.S. laws,” it said. “Shipments of YTY Group’s synthetic gloves received on or after February 8, 2023, will no longer be detained at U.S. ports of entry,” CBP said.
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The modification, which is the second CBP has issued in 2023, comes after the YTY Group took “numerous actions to remediate forced labor indicators within its manufacturing process and employee housing facilities,” CBP said. “YTY Group’s remediation efforts included drafting and implementing a corrective action plan to address indicators of forced labor, reimbursing recruitment fees paid by its migrant workers, commissioning an independent social compliance audit, and submitting comprehensive documentation which sufficiently demonstrates YTY Group’s sustained commitment to remediate conditions of forced labor in its production and housing facilities,” the agency said.
“Accordingly, CBP determined that YTY Group’s disposable gloves are no longer being produced using forced labor and, specifically, that the conditions of forced labor identified in the January 2022 WRO no longer exist,” CBP said.