Republicans Ask CBP for Answers on UFLPA Enforcement on Jujube Dates
Twenty-seven House Republicans, led by Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana, asked CBP to defend its implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, in light of a recent report from the Uyghur Human Rights Project (see 2209060033). They asked if any red jujube dates from Xinjiang have entered the U.S. since June 21, and if so, how many shipments have done so.
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"Did CBP enforce the rebuttable presumption required in the UFLPA in those cases? If so, please provide the evidence the exporters offered to prove that such goods were not the products of forced labor," they wrote Sept 1. Banks did not post the letter publicly, but provided it to a conservative website called the Free Beacon.
The members of Congress asked CBP to say what products have been detained under UFLPA.
The letter also went to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and asked if OFAC had assessed that Qingdao Daochuan Food Company Limited has provided financial support, or goods and services to Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. They wrote, "Does OFAC assess that any sanctionable conduct has occurred between any U.S. person and XPCC or its subsidiaries during the course of the importation of red jujube dates sourced from XPCC?"