"The US Department of Labor on March 25 made the final decision on the removal of Uzbek cotton from the list of Executive Order No. 13126, a presidential act prohibiting government procurement in the US of goods manufactured using forced child labor," the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

As noted, cotton produced in Uzbekistan was included in this list in 2010.

“After a careful study of the comments received and the information available, the departments determined that the use of forced child labor in cotton picking in Uzbekistan was significantly reduced to single incidents. As a result, these products no longer meet the conditions necessary for assignment to the list of executive orders,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs quotes the decision of the US Department of Labor.

Recall that in September 2018, the department removed cotton from Uzbekistan from the “List of goods produced using child labor”.

“The Qazaq Times”