[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78754-78755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31150]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Bureau of International Labor Affairs; Notice of Publication of 
2010 Update to the Department of Labor's List of Goods From Countries 
Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Announcement of Public Availability of updated list of goods.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the publication 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 
(``List''). ILAB is required to develop and make available to the 
public the List pursuant to the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 (``TVPRA'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Office of Child Labor, 
Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor 
Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor at (202) 693-4843 (this is not a 
toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ILAB's Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, 
and Human Trafficking (OCFT) carries out the mandates of section 
105(b)(1) of the TVPRA, Public Law 109-164. For complete information on 
OCFT's TVPRA activities, please visit the Web site listed below. 
Previous Federal Register notices issued on this subject include: 
Notice of Proposed Procedural Guidelines for the Development and 
Maintenance of the List of Goods From Countries Pursuant to the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (72 FR 
55808, Oct. 1, 2007); Notice of Procedural Guidelines for the 
Development and Maintenance of the List of Goods from Countries 
Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor; Request for Information (72 FR 
73374, Dec. 27, 2007); Notice of Public Hearing to Collect Information 
to Assist in the Development of the List of Goods From Countries 
Produced by Child Labor or

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Forced Labor (73 FR 21985, Apr. 23, 2008); and Notice of Publication of 
The Department of Labor's List of Goods from Countries Produced by 
Child Labor or Forced Labor (74 FR 46620, Sept. 10, 2009).
    ILAB published the first List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or 
Forced Labor on Sept. 10, 2009. That List included 122 goods from 58 
countries, based on research on 77 countries. ILAB now announces the 
publication of an updated List, reflecting research on 39 additional 
countries as well as review of information submitted to ILAB pursuant 
to its TVPRA procedural guidelines. This update adds 6 new goods and 12 
new countries to the List. A full report, including the updated List 
and a discussion of the List's context, scope, methodology, and 
limitations, as well as Frequently Asked Questions and a bibliography 
of sources, are available on the DOL Web site at: http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/tvpra.htm.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of December, 2010.
Sandra Polaski,
Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-31150 Filed 12-15-10; 8:45 am]
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