CBP以强迫劳动为由，下令扣留两家印尼种植园的棕榈油
CBP 英文原标题： Withhold Release Orders (WROs) on palm oil and its derivative products produced in Indonesia by Mitra Aneka Rezeki and Hardaya Inti Plantation
CBP 宣布了什么？
CBP对印尼Mitra Aneka Rezeki和Hardaya Inti Plantation生产的棕榈油及其衍生产品发布了两项暂扣令（Withhold Release Order）。此令立即生效，CBP将依19 U.S.C. § 1307在所有美国入境口岸扣留这些货物。被扣货物的进口商可选择销毁或出口，或证明货物并非由强迫劳动制成。
Allied 的立场是什么？
对于我们代为报关的进口项目，我们将这两家生产商的任何棕榈油或棕榈油衍生产品货物，视为可能被扣留。进口棕榈油或含棕榈油产品的客户，应检查其供应链是否涉及这两家生产商。客户应尽早向我们提供供应商及原产地文件，以便我们审核其报关项目。若CBP扣留货物，请联系我们讨论该通知所列的选项。
一般信息，不构成法律意见。
CBP 消息的英文原文说了什么？
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued two Withhold Release Orders (WROs) against palm oil and its derivative products produced by Mitra Aneka Rezeki (MAR) and Hardaya Inti Plantation (HIP), two palm oil plantations in Indonesia. Effective immediately, CBP personnel at all U.S. ports of entry will detain shipments of palm oil and its derivative products produced by MAR and HIP due to evidence reasonably indicating the use of forced labor in their production.
“Exploiting workers is inhumane and damaging to our economic and national security,” said CBP Office of Trade Executive Assistant Commissioner Susan S. Thomas. “Not only are these workers suffering from lack of proper conditions and pay, but the goods they’re forced to produce can put American businesses and consumers at risk.”
Both WROs were issued due to violations of 19 U.S.C. § 1307, the law prohibiting goods made with forced labor from entering the United States. When CBP has evidence indicating that imported goods are made using forced labor, the agency detain those shipments through WROs.
Both WROs are the result of a CBP review that MAR and HIP use forced labor to produce palm oil and its derivative products in Indonesia. During its review, CBP analyzed the following supporting evidence: interview transcripts, payroll slips, harvest quota information, photographs, open-source non-governmental organization and other government agency reports, news media, and academic research.
Taken together, the evidence demonstrated that workers at MAR and HIP are subject to the following International Labour Organization (ILO) indicators of forced labor: debt bondage, withholding of wages, deception, excessive overtime, abusive working and living conditions, intimidation and threats, and abuse of vulnerability. In addition, workers at MAR are also subject to retention of identity documents and isolation. The facts underlying these indicators show, by reasonable suspicion, that workers are engaged in forced labor (i.e., work performed involuntarily and under menace of penalty). Additionally, CBP trade import data demonstrates that the goods are being, or are likely to be, imported into the United States.
Both WROs against MAR and HIP highlight CBP’s continued efforts to combat forced labor. With this action, CBP now oversees and enforces 60 WROs and eight Findings under 19 U.S.C. § 1307.
Importers of detained shipments may seek to destroy or export their shipments or seek to demonstrate that the merchandise was not produced with forced labor.
CBP receives allegations of forced labor from a variety of sources including government agencies, media, non-governmental organizations, and members of the public. Any person or organization that has reason to believe merchandise produced with forced labor is being, or is likely to be, imported into the United States can report allegations through CBP’s Forced Labor Allegation Portal (https://flallegation.cbp.gov/s/login/).
Link to Press Release: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/cbp-issues-withhold-release-orders-mitra-aneka-rezeki-and-hardaya
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