CBP Targets Only $32 Million Worth of Shipments for Suspected Forced Labor in March
CBP in March identified 749 shipments valued at more than $32 million for further examination based on the suspected use of forced labor, including goods subject to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and withhold release orders, the agency said…
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in its most recent operational statistics update. The number of shipments detained is up from February's total of 540, but the value of those shipments is sharply down from the $306 million worth of shipments detained in February (see 2403220057). Also in March, CBP seized 1,633 shipments that contained counterfeit goods valued at more than $384 million if the items had been genuine, the agency said.