Boohoo Faces Request for U.S. Import Ban Over Labor Concerns
- Liberty Shared submits petitions with U.S. customs officials
- Boohoo shares fall as concerns over labor conditions persist
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A charity campaigning against modern-day slavery has petitioned U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ban clothing imports from Boohoo Group Plc and most factories in Leicester, England.
Liberty Shared, based in Washington, D.C., said it submitted two petitions at the beginning of February asking for an investigation as the concentration of suppliers in Leicester, the main U.K. hub for clothing manufacturing, means “products sold by Boohoo are potentially produced at least in part by forced labor.”