Software Firm Bows Platform for Forced Labor Law Compliance

Sourcemap, a supplier of supply chain traceability software, debuted a new forced labor compliance platform ahead of Tuesday’s enforcement deadline of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. President Joe Biden signed the UFLPA into law Dec. 23, using his Tariff Act Section 307 authority to ban imports originating in Xinjiang, China, unless the importer of record shows Customs and Border Protection “clear and convincing evidence” that the goods weren't produced with forced labor (see 2112250001). More than 3,000 companies already use Sourcemap to verify their global supply chains for customs compliance, said the company Thursday. Sourcemap developed the platform specifically to help companies solve the chain of custody challenge, proving they can trace products from raw material to U.S. import, by assembling “definitive proof of the entities within their supply chains,” it said. The platform’s traceability capabilities can verify “the chain of custody for every container entering a U.S. port,” it said.