Thread by @C4ADS

Last year C4ADS mapped out how cotton & tomato products produced by forced labor by Uyghurs in Xinjiang were permeating global markets. Now, we've identified 7 more major goods disproportionately produced in Xinjiang that implicate global trade. 🧵 1/9

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Let’s look at peppers, used as everyday flavorings and food colorants, as an example. Chenguang Biotech is a global spice company that uses discriminatory & coercive practices in its pepper-producing Xinjiang subsidiaries. 2/9

Per trade data, Chenguang Biotech exported >$147 million in pepper products from 2018-2020, primarily to India, Indonesia, Mexico, & the U.S. Let's look at some of the importing companies. 3/9

1⃣ International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF), a publicly-traded US-based company.

Since 2018, IFF's Filipino, Mexican, and American subsidiaries have imported >$1.3 million in pepper products from Chenguang Biotech. IFF is a supplier to Coca-Cola, Nestlé, and Unilever. 4/9

2⃣ Synthite Industries, a major Indian flavor & oleoresin company.

Since 2018, Synthite has imported > $30 million worth of pepper products from Chenguang Biotech. Like IFF, Synthite also supplies major food companies, including Nestlé, PepsiCo, & Unilever. 5/9

3⃣ Mane Kancor Ingredients, a major Indian flavor company.

Since 2018, Mane Kancor has imported ~70 shipments of pepper products from Chenguang Biotech & has exported pepper products to McCormick’s US & UK subsidiaries. McCormick is a global, Fortune 500 spice manufacturer. 6/9

This case study is emblematic of how forced labor products are still entering global supply chains, despite widespread public outrage over China's human rights abuses in Xinjiang. 7/9

Want to get deeper into the weeds? Our new report identifies key players and markets for each of the 9 goods we identified, and dives into more details on the structure of the Xinjiang economy. 8/9

Read Everybody's Business 👇 c4ads.org/everybodys-bus…

Understanding these supply chains creates an opportunity for global stakeholders to end their financial support of abuse against #Uyghurs in the region. However, if not acted on, orgs who purchase these goods are at risk of enabling oppression & may face severe consequences. 9/9

P.S. Here’s the link to our 2021 investigation into Xinjiang cotton and tomato products. 👇

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