Stats show the efficiency of UFLPA law curbing forced labour in the US
Since the implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in June 2022, a total of 679 shipments amounting to $40.54m have been stopped.
The implementation of UFLPA by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) since June 2022 has led to the stopping of shipments worth $27.82m until now (Credit: Getty Images).
The Uyghur Act or UFLPA states that “all goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), or by entities identified by the US government on the UFLPA Entity List, are presumed to be made with forced labour and are prohibited from entry into the United States.”
The dashboard is a highly interactive tool allowing users to select specific views for greater details of shipments stopped by CBP under UFLPA.
Credit: US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act enforcement statistics.
Overview of recent statistics
The number of shipments denied in the third quarter of 2023 was 42, or 6%, of the total shipments by count as opposed to 202, or 19%, of the total shipments by count in the second quarter.
Out of shipments denied in both the second and third quarters, apparel, footwear and textiles accounted for the third-highest share in terms of shipment count by industry.
To date, apparel, footwear and textile have accounted for $31.78m worth of shipments in value or 753 in numbers. Out of which 194 were released, 330 denied and 231 remain pending.
Malaysia accounts for the highest shipment value till now, amounting to $834.77m, followed by Vietnam ($388.71m), China ($161.10m), Thailand ($6.93m), all other locations ($2.08m) and then Sri Lanka ($1.64m).
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