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2021年5月5日—KUALALUMPUR,MALAYSIA-U.S.CustomsandBorderProtection(CBP)hasseizedashipmentof3.97millionnitriledisposablegloves ...

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 Malaysias 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 worlds largest medical glove makers production process.

It had initially banned products from two of Top Gloves subsidiaries in July but extended the ban to all the manufacturers products made in Malaysia in March.

The indicators included debt bondage, excessive overtime, abusive working and living conditions, and retention of identity documents, the CBP said in a statement.

The agency then directed personnel at all U.S. ports of entry to begin seizing disposable gloves pro...