KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it welcomes further engagement with Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby Plantation Bhd (SDP) on the forced labour finding against the company that was issued late last month. The CBP modified its forced labour finding against Top Glove in September last year after thoroughly reviewing evidence that the glove maker had addressed all indicators of forced labour identified at its Malaysian facilities. WROs are issued when information reasonably, but not conclusively, indicates that merchandise produced by forced labour is being, or is likely to be, imported into the US. A finding, however, is determination made that the information has conclusively demonstrated that merchandise was produced by forced labour. Sometimes, it takes restructuring by the company in order to address these indicators of forced labour.
