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US seizes Chinese human hair weaves
Officers of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Port of New York/Newark inspecting a shipment of hair pieces and accessories from China, part of which is suspected to have been made with forced or prison labor in violation of US Law. PHOTO | AFP
What you need to know:
- The announcement came as the US State, Commerce, Treasury and Homeland Security departments warned US businesses to beware importing goods through supply chains that involve forced or prison labor in Xinjiang and elsewhere in China.
US customs officials said Wednesday they had seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to be made by Muslims in labour camps in China's western Xinjiang region.
They were part of an $800,000, 13-tonne shipment from Lop County Meixin Hair Product Co. US Customs and Border Protection ordered on June 17 that the company's goods be held on grounds it uses prison and forced labor, including from children.
