CBP's GBI Pilot a Potential Boon for UFLPA, Lawyer Says
CBP’s recently announced global business identifier pilot program (see 2212010046) is a “big first step” toward “greater clarity and greater accountability for the accuracy of data,” and its results could prove a boon to enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor…
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Prevention Act for both CBP and importers, trade lawyer John Foote said Dec. 2 on his blog Forced Labor & Trade. UFLPA enforcement is dependent on sub-tier manufacturers and raw material producers, and the GBI pilot promises delve deeper in the supply chain than the problematic manufacturer ID currently used on entry documentation by obtaining the unique identities of the manufacturer, shipper and seller, as well as optionally the exporter, distributor and packager, Foote said. “[T]he GBI pilot is certainly a big first step in the direction of greater clarity and greater accountability for the accuracy of data. It will be interesting to see whether it is a success,” he said.