CBP’s new ‘forced labor’ rules burden every link in the chain

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The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has revised its rules on forced labor, requiring comprehensive documentation of every supplier within a supply chain for imports. This policy imposes significant operational and economic burdens on importers, forwarders, and beneficial cargo owners by demanding total sub-tier supplier visibility.

Key takeaway: The agency’s consolidated guidance makes explicit what was only implied: if an importer can’t document every supplier in a production chain, every single one, goods are denied entry. For forwarders and BCOs, this rewrites the economics of sub-tier visibility. The post CBP’s new ‘forced labor’ rules burden every link in the chain appeared first on The Loadstar.