US seizes Uniqlo shirts for violating Xinjiang cotton ban

Fast Retailing Company's Uniqlo brand shirts were blocked at the United States border in January on concerns they violated a ban on cotton products produced in the Xinjiang region of China, where there have been reports of forced labor,  Reuters reports.

A U.S. Customs document dated May 10 said a shipment of Uniqlo men's shirts was impounded on January 5 at the Port of Los Angeles due to a suspected violation of the ban.

The document said a protest filed by Uniqlo's parent company was denied. Representatives of Fast Retailing did not immediately respond to request for comment.-Photos: ABC News/Kyodo