WASHINGTON — U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is in the U. S. Customs and Border Protection. The U. S. Department of Commerce announced on Nov. 23 that it would halt imports of uncooked sugar and sugar products manufactured in the Dominican Republic through Central Romana Corp. , Ltd. , after an investigation indicated rather the forced use of hard labor in the company’s operations.
CBP said it has learned of five of the International Labor Organization’s 11 signs of forced labor, adding vulnerability abuse, isolation, withholding wages, abusive living and operating conditions, and excessive overtime.
Central Romana is one of the Dominican Republic’s two largest sugar producers and may be that country’s largest exporter of raw sugar to the United States, according to industry sources, who estimate that up to 100,000 tons of uncooked sugar shipments could be affected. The command. The Dominican Republic has a tariff quota for uncooked sugar from the United States. UU. de 189,343 tonnes (about 208,713 short tons) in 2022-23, with 22,892 tonnes (about 25,234 short tons) shipped in October, according to US Customs data. U. S.
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