On June 23, 2021, the Department of Labor published in the Federal Register a notice announcing public availability of an updated list of goods—along with countries of origin—that the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) has reason to believe are produced by child labor or forced labor in violation of international standards (the List). ILAB is required to develop and make available to the public the List pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA of 2005), amended. ILAB published the initial List on September 10, 2009, and has since published nine updated editions. This 2021 update to the ninth edition contains one additional good (polysilicon) from one country (China). [Ed. note: 19 U.S.C. 1307 provides that goods produced in whole or in part in any foreign country by convict labor or/and forced labor or/and indentured labor (which includes forced or indentured child labor) under penal sanctions shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, and the importation thereof is prohibited.]
