CBP Removes Nepalese Carpet Company From WRO
CBP updated a withhold release order on imports of carpets and hand-knotted products from Nepal to remove Annapurna Carpet Industries Pvt. Ltd., the agency said in a July 26 news release. “CBP’s thorough review of Annapurna Carpet’s business practices indicates…
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that the company has remediated concerns about the use of forced labor in its production process and that its products may be imported into the United States,” AnnMarie Highsmith, CBP executive assistant commissioner for trade, said. The WRO was issued in 1998 and still applies to Kumar Carpet Pvt., Singhe Carpet Pvt., Ltd., Norsang Carpet Industries Pvt., Ltd., Everest Carpet, Valley Carpet, and K.K. Carpet Industries.