CBP Says Some Gold From Congo No Longer Subject to WRO
CBP updated its withhold release order on gold mined in artisanal small mines so that “gold imported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by the Chambers Federation will be admissible at all U.S. ports of entry effective May…
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28,” the agency said in a news release. CBP issued the original WRO in 2019 (see 1910010017). CBP “modified the WRO based on a rigorous evaluation of the Chambers Federation’s due diligence program and work with various government and non-governmental organizations,” it said. “These actions produced evidence that sufficiently supports the Chambers Federation’s claim that the artisanal and small-scale mines in the DRC from which the Chambers Federation imports gold do not use forced labor.”