Adds particulars from assertion, background KUALA LUMPUR, O
Adds particulars from assertion, background
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Sime Darby Plantation Bhd SIPL.KL flagged concern on Friday about a attainable ban by customs authorities in the USA, a key marketplace for the agency on the earth’s second largest producer and exporter of palm oil.
After studies this week recognized Sime Darby as the following goal of an import ban by U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP), the corporate mentioned it had not been given a chance to elucidate a petition filed in opposition to it by anti-trafficking group Liberty Shared (LS) in April this yr.
Malaysia mentioned on Thursday that it was anticipating the USA would ban imports of one other plantation agency after CBP blocked entry of palm oil merchandise from FGV Holdings Bhd FGVH.KL over suspicion of pressured labour.
“Regardless of our makes an attempt to interact with the CBP, now we have not had the chance to supply any rationalization and neither has (the corporate) been offered particulars of the allegation by LS,” Sime Darby mentioned.
It mentioned it had earlier responded to a abstract of LS’s petition in public statements, and would proceed participating with the non-government organisation to hopefully receive the small print of the allegations.
Sime Darby’s annual exports to the USA are valued at about $5 million, it added.
(Reporting by Liz Lee; Enhancing by Clarence Fernandez and Raju Gopalakrishnan)
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