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Glossary

What is Import detention?

The act of a destination country's customs authority holding a shipment at the border instead of releasing it, pending review of a suspected compliance problem such as a forced labour concern.

This term in other languages

Arabicاحتجاز الاستيراد
FrenchRetenue à l'importation
Turkishİthalat alıkoyma

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Forced labour import bans and what a factory must show to avoid one

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