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Two units of the world's largest producer of latex gloves were
banned by the United States in July last year. And last month,
U.S. authorities said the ban now extended to all disposable
gloves made by Top Glove in Malaysia.
A "certain percentage" of Malaysian production has been affected
because of the ban, but the impact will be temporary, Top Glove
chairman Lim Wee Chai said on a call with reporters.
He did not provide detail on the extent of the impact.
The company also said it has stopped all shipments to the United
States from Malaysia and that it was working "expeditiously" to
resolve forced labour issues.
Ethical trade consultancy Impactt, appointed by Top Glove to
assess its trade and labour practices after the U.S. ban, said
last month that it had found several indicators of forced labour
at the company.
As at January, Impactt said it "no longer" found indicators of
forced labour among direct employees such as abuse of
vulnerability, restriction of movement, excessive overtime or
the withholding of wages. But it identified other areas that the
company was yet to fix fully.
(Reporting by A. Ananthalakshmi; Editing by Martin Petty)
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