Updated UFLPA enforcement strategy targets aluminum, PVC, seafood imports
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Adrianne Appel2024-07-16T15:08:00
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will make it a priority to check shipments of aluminum, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and seafood from China and elsewhere in the region for links to forced labor, according to an updated Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) enforcement strategy.
The UFLPA, which took full effect in June 2022, is intended to prevent goods from entering the United States that were made with forced labor by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China. Human rights organizations have amassed extensive evidence that Uyghurs are being held against their will by Chinese authorities and forced to work as slaves.
The aluminum, PVC, and seafood are just the latest of many types of goods, including textiles, cotton, polysilicon, and tomatoes, that are under increased scrutiny by CBP.
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