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Appendix J – List of goods produced with high risk of forced labour or child labour by country

Country

Goods

Child Labour

Forced Labour

Value of imports to Australia 2009‑20103 ($millions)

Bangladesh

Footwear

X

 

0.12

Textiles

X

 

17.4

Côte d’Ivoire

Cocoa

X

X

 

Ghana

Cocoa

X

 

2.9

India

Bricks

X

X

22 for all construction

materials

Carpets

X

X

40

Footwear

X

 

25.9

Garments

X

X

92

Gems

X

 

142 gems and pearls

Rice

X

X

24

Silk Fabric

X

 

45 in textile yarn and fabrics

Malaysia

Garments

 

X

67

Palm Oil

 

X

66 for all animal and

vegetable oils

Nepal

Bricks

X

X

 

Carpets

X

X

1.2

Embroidered

Textiles

X

X

0.13

Pakistan

Bricks

X

X

 

Carpets

X

X

5.4

Cotton

 

X

9.9

Philippines

Rice

X

 

 

 

Rubber

X

 

14.6 in rubber tyres, treads

and tubes

Thailand

Garments

X

X

66.8

Source        Stop the Traffik, Oaktree Foundation, Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, Submission 30, p. 5.

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