Forced Labor Statistics: Enforcement Actions
Total active: 51* Withhold Release Orders and 8 active Findings.
FY 2024 Statistics:
- Findings issued: 0
- Penalties issued: 1
- Withhold Release Order issued: 1
- Withhold Release Orders and Findings modified or revoked: 1
- Shipments stopped for forced labor enforcement actions: 4,850 **
*11 active WROs were superseded by enforcement of the UFLPA rebuttable presumption. Additionally, six active WROs were superseded by enforcement of Findings.
**Includes all enforcement actions (e.g., WRO, Finding, UFLPA, CAATSA); data from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 and updated on a quarterly basis.
For even more information, visit the UFLPA Dashboard and WRO/Findings.
CBP enforces forced labor trade law under 19 U.S.C. 1307, which defines forced labor as all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer work or service voluntarily. CBP implements 19 U.S.C. 1307 through issuance of Withhold Release Orders (WROs) and Findings, enforcement the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), and Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Goods subject to WROs and Findings, UFLPA, and CAATSA are not entitled to entry at any ports of the U.S. CBP facilitates legal and ethical trade while focusing our forced labor enforcement against the exploitation of workers throughout the world.
Forced Labor Statistics: Enforcement Actions (view statistics as text)
*11 active WROs were superseded by enforcement of the UFLPA rebuttable presumption. Additionally, six active WROs were superseded by enforcement of Findings.
**Includes all enforcement actions (e.g., WRO, Finding, UFLPA, CAATSA); data from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 and updated on a quarterly basis.
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Statistics Dashboard
CBP has published a UFLPA dashboard providing statistics on shipments subjected to UFLPA reviews and enforcement actions. An associated data dictionary describes various data elements referenced in the dashboard.
Countering America's Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA)
Establishes a rebuttable presumption that goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by the labor of North Korean nationals or citizens are in violation of 19 U.S.C. § 1307 and shall not be entitled to entry into the U.S.
Inquiries can be directed to caatsa@cbp.dhs.gov
Countering America's Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA)
Establishes a rebuttable presumption that goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part by the labor of North Korean nationals or citizens are in violation of 19 U.S.C. § 1307 and shall not be entitled to entry into the U.S.
Inquiries can be directed to caatsa@cbp.dhs.gov
Recent Enforcement Actions
- CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Asli Maydi -Press Release Date 11/01/2024
- CBP Modifies Withhold Release Order on Brightway Group -Press Release Date 10/11/2024
- CBP Modifies Withhold Release Order on Yu Long No. 2 -Press Release Date 08/14/2024
- CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Shanghai Select Safety Products and its subsidiaries -Press Release Date 04/10/2024
