Malaysia's Top Glove free to export to US after ban lifted

Shares get boost after company takes steps to address forced labor findings

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Top Glove has regained access to the U.S. market for its latex medical gloves. © AFP/Jiji

P PREM KUMAR, Nikkei staff writer

KUALA LUMPUR -- The U.S. has lifted a ban on imports of medical gloves made by Top Glove, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Malaysian company.

The agency, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, said in a notice published Friday on the website of the Federal Register that it found the gloves "are no longer being mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part with the use of convict, forced, or indentured labor by Top Glove in Malaysia."

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