CBP Detains Imported Merchandise Produced by Hero Vast Group

Starting on August 11, the United States' Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will detain all "imported merchandise containing garments produced by the Hero Vast Group (including Shanghai Hero Vast International Trading Co., Ltd.; Henan Hero Vast Garment Co., Ltd.; Yuexi Hero Vast Garment Co., Ltd.; Ying Han International Co., Ltd.; and Hero Vast Canada Inc.)."

Under the Federal statute 19 U.S.C. 1307, it "prohibits the importation of merchandise mined, manufactured, or produced, wholly or in part, by forced labor, including convict labor, forced child labor, and indentured labor" and evidence have shown that Hero Vast Group and its garments have been using prison labor in China to make their products.

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