CBP Has Detained 636 Shipments Over Forced Labor Since October

CBP detained 636 shipments between Oct. 1, 2020, and June 15, 2021, due to the possible use of forced labor on the goods, the agency said in recently updated trade statistics. That marks an increase of 265 stopped shipments from the previous release of statistics, when CBP said it detained 371 shipments between Oct. 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021 (see 2104160010). The total value of the detained shipments for this fiscal year so far is about $86 million, it said.