KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s High Glove TPGC.KL stated on Thursday its glove manufacturing has been affected due to a U.S. ban on its merchandise over allegations they’re made with compelled labour.
Two models of the world’s largest producer of latex gloves have been banned by america in July final yr. And final month, U.S. authorities stated the ban now prolonged to all disposable gloves made by High Glove in Malaysia.
A “sure proportion” of Malaysian manufacturing has been affected due to the ban, however the impression might be momentary, High Glove chairman Lim Wee Chai stated on a name with reporters.
He didn’t present element on the extent of the impression.
The corporate additionally stated it has stopped all shipments to america from Malaysia and that it was working “expeditiously” to resolve compelled labour points.
Moral commerce consultancy Impactt, appointed by High Glove to evaluate its commerce and labour practices after the U.S. ban, stated final month that it had discovered a number of indicators of compelled labour on the firm.
As at January, Impactt stated it “not” discovered indicators of compelled labour amongst direct workers equivalent to abuse of vulnerability, restriction of motion, extreme additional time or the withholding of wages. However it recognized different areas that the corporate was but to repair absolutely.
(Reporting by A. Ananthalakshmi; Enhancing by Martin Petty)
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