US Customs Seizes Malaysian Firm’s Medical Gloves After Forced Labor Finding
05 May 2021
Reuters
A worker inspects disposable gloves at the Top Glove factory in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seized a shipment of 3.97 million nitrile disposable gloves estimated to be worth about $518,000 from Malaysia s Top Glove Corp. on indications they were made by forced labor, it said Wednesday.
CBP on March 29 issued a forced labor finding based on evidence of multiple forced labor indicators in the world s largest medical glove maker s production process.
It had initially banned products from two of Top Glove s subsidiaries in July but extended the ban to all the manufacturer s products made in Malaysia in March.
US Customs seizes Malaysia s Top Glove shipment after forced labor finding
May 5, 2021 12:25 PM PHT
Reuters
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has seized a shipment of 3.97 million nitrile disposable gloves from Malaysia s Top Glove Corporation estimated to be worth $518,000, on indications they were made by forced labor, it said Wednesday, May 5.
CBP on March 29 issued a forced labor finding based on evidence of multiple forced labor indicators in the world s largest medical glove maker s production process.
It had initially banned products from two of Top Glove s subsidiaries last July, but extended the ban to all of the manufacturer s products made in Malaysia in March.
Top Glove hopes to resolve U.S. seizure of its rubber gloves
May 5, 2021
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FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, a worker inspects disposable gloves at the Top Glove factory in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia s Top Glove Corp., the world s largest rubber glove maker, said Wednesday, May 5, 2021, it hopes to swiftly end a U.S. ban on its products due to allegations of forced labor after one of its shipment was seized at a U.S. port.Vincent Thian/AP
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Malaysia s Top Glove Corp., the world s largest rubber glove maker, said Wednesday it hopes to swiftly end a U.S. ban on its products due to allegations of forced labor after one of its shipment was seized at a U.S. port.
AP Photo/Vincent Thian
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Malaysia s Top Glove Corp., the world s largest rubber glove maker, said Wednesday it hopes to swiftly end a U.S. ban on its products due to allegations of forced labor after one of its shipment was seized at a U.S. port.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday it had seized a shipment of 3.97 million nitrile disposable gloves from Top Glove worth an estimated $518,000 at Cleveland port, Ohio.
This followed its March 29 ban of Top Glove products based on information showing multiple indicators of forced labor including debt bondage, excessive overtime, abusive working and living conditions and retention of identity documents.