Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday said it will detain bikes, bike parts and accessories made by Giant in Taiwan because of allegations of forced-labor use.

CBP said that under a 2011 law it can prohibit goods made with forced labor from entering the U.S. CBP issued a Withhold Release Order for Giant shipments from Taiwan, preventing the inventory from being released into the marketplace. The order doesn't appear to apply to shipments from Giant's factories in China or Vietnam. CBP said it is only the third WRO issued this year; the previous two involved a Chinese fishing company and a South Korean salt farm.

Giant said it made changes last year to respond to media reports of worker-rights violations. Specifically, the company now pays recruitment costs for foreign workers and upgraded employee housing. Giant said it will file a petition with CBP to revoke the WRO and "explain that we have already adopted appropriate measures."

Giant's own brands include Giant, Liv, Momentum, Cadex and Stages. In recent years it has been a major supplier to Trek and Scott, among other brands. 

CBP said it identified the following  "forced labor indicators during its investigation of Giant: 

abuse of vulnerability, 

abusive working and living conditions, 

debt bondage, 

withholding of wages, 

and excessive overtime." 

"Giant profited by imposing such abuse, resulting in goods produced below market value and undercutting American businesses by millions of dollars in unjustly earned profits," the CBP statement read.

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