CBP confiscates merchandise made with North Korean labor
The confiscations are an enforcement of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which prevents products that utilize North Korean labor from being sold in the United States. The goods of several Chinese companies were seized in a U.S. port on Dec. 5 after it was found that they had used North Korean labor."U.S. Customs and Border Protection began detaining merchandise produced or manufactured by Jingde Trading Ltd., Rixin Foods. Ltd.
The release indicates that"CAATSA prohibits the entry of goods, wares, and articles mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in party by North Korean nationals or North Korean citizens anywhere in the world, unless clear and convincing evidence is provided that such goods were not made with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor under penal sanctions. Pursuant to CAATSA, CBP will detain merchandise from these entities at all U.S.
A statement from CBP Office of Trade Executive Assistant Commissioner AnnMarie R. Highsmith justified the confiscation by claiming that goods produced with North Korean labor are invariably produced through slave labor, which the U.S. cannot morally allow.“CBP is committed to keeping America’s supply chains free of goods produced with forced labor and to eliminating this horrific practice,” she said.
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