US ‘finds’ evidence of Top Glove forced labour, goods banned

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PETALING JAYA: The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says it has found “conclusive evidence” that certain products by Top Glove Corp Bhd have been manufactured with the use of convict, forced or indentured labour.

A notice published today in the US Federal Register notified the public that CBP, with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland Security, has determined that “certain disposable gloves have been mined, produced, or manufactured in Malaysia by Top Glove Corporation Bhd with the use of convict, forced or indentured labor, and are being, or are likely to be, imported into the United States.”

It said it can now seize and forfeit all the gloves which have entered the US or those that may enter in the future.

In July, the CBP issued an import order restriction on two subsidiaries of Top Glove, the world’s largest medical glove maker, after stating that it had reasonable, but not conclusive information, to indicate that it produced goods with forced labour.

Under the latest move, products from all subsidiaries have been banned.

Top Glove has 60 companies within its group and exports to more than 195 countries.


Source: FMT

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — The US Customs has found forced labour practices in Top Glove Corp Bhd’s production of disposable gloves and directed its ports to seize goods from the manufacturer, it said yesterday.

In a statement overnight, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it has sufficient information to determine labour abuses at the world’s largest medical glove maker.

CBP issued an order in July last year that barred imports from two of Top Glove’s subsidiaries on suspicion of labour abuses.

The ban now extends “to all disposable gloves originating in Top Glove factories in Malaysia,” it told Reuters.


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