CBP Detains Chinese Shipment of Suspected Forced Labor Products Made with Human Hair

NEWARK, NJ —U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of New York/Newark detained a shipment of products/accessories suspected to be made with human hair today that originated in Xinjiang, China, indicating potential human right abuses of forced child labor and imprisonment. The products were part of shipment of almost 13 tons of hair products worth over $800,000 dollars. CBP d

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“The WRO provides the importer of record the opportunity to export the shipment or to demonstrate that the merchandise was not produced with forced labor.”