MALAWI
US eases ban on Malawi tobacco

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has modified an existing Withhold Release Order on imports of tobacco from Malawi, CBP said in a press release.

Effective 21 May, certain tobacco imports from Premium Tobacco Malawi Limited (PTML) will be admissible at all US ports of entry. This modification applies only to tobacco harvested by Club Growers in Malawi.
CBP issued a Withhold Release Order on tobacco imports from Malawi in November 2019 due to information reasonably indicating that the tobacco is produced using forced labour and forced child labour. The Withhold Release Order continues to apply to imports of tobacco from Malawi by any company that has not demonstrated to CBP that its supply chain is free of forced labour.
CBP modified the November 2019 Withhold Release Order based on a rigorous evaluation of PTML’s social compliance programme and efforts to identify and minimise the risks of forced labour in its supply chain. These actions produced evidence that sufficiently supports PTML’s claims that tobacco from club growers (smallholder growers that use little or no farm worker labour) is not grown and harvested using forced labor or forced child labor.
“CBP’s forced labour enforcement efforts continue to effect positive change for workers around the globe,” said John Leonard, Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of CBP’s Office of Trade. “Eliminating forced labor from our supply chains prevents the abuse of vulnerable workers, safeguards the competitiveness of law-abiding businesses, and protects consumers from unethically made products.”

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