CBP Has Detained Goods Worth $368 Million Due to Forced Labor Since October

CBP detained a total of 967 shipments between Oct. 1, 2020, and Aug. 6, 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 331 stopped shipments from the previous release of statistics, when CBP said it had detained 636 shipments between Oct. 1, 2020, and June 15, 2021 (see 2106280019). The total value of the detained shipments for this fiscal year so far is about $368 million, it said.