With international criticism growing that cotton products in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region were suspected of being produced by forced labor, Fast Retailing, which develops UNIQLO, said at a press conference on the 15th that there were human rights issues in product procurement. Emphasized that it has not been confirmed.
UNIQLO's French corporation has begun investigating cotton products produced in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, alleging that French judicial authorities are suspected of using materials made by forced labor in response to charges from NGOs. I will.
Regarding this, FAST RETAILING CFO Ken Okazaki said at a press conference on the 15th, "We are proceeding with confidence because we are using only those that have not been contacted by the authorities but have been confirmed to have no human rights problems. ".
In addition, CFO Okazaki said that the U.S. customs authorities suspended the import of UNIQLO shirts on suspicion of violating the import suspension measures over forced labor in January. It was made from cotton from Australia and Brazil at a garment factory in China and then exported to the United States. "