An American flooring manufacturer using prison labour to produce part of its line of wood flooring realized, after an internal audit, that it was shipping some of the line in question to Canada and that this was prohibited under Canadian law.
The Canada Border Services Agency's Memorandum D9-1-6 deals with goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part by prison labour.
The memorandum explains the provision of tariff item No. 9897.00.00 which prohibits the importation into Canada of goods manufactured or produced wholly or in part by prison labour.
The Agency gives examples of the most common goods manufactured by prison labour include items such as bicycles, garbage bags, recordings, souvenirs, leather goods, and wood products.
The U.S. manufacturer made a full disclosure to the Canada Border Services Agency and is now awaiting a decision.
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