By Chester Tay

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is still reviewing Top Glove Corp. Bhd.'s submission to lift a ban on its glove exports from Malaysia.

The impact on sales following the export ban is estimated to be minimal, the world's largest glove maker said Wednesday.

The company said it continues to work closely with the agency toward the "expeditious" resolution and revocation of the withhold release order blocking shipments of its products.

The U.S. CBP said Tuesday that personnel in Cleveland seized a shipment of 3.97 million nitrile disposable gloves valued at $518,000 due to information indicating they were made by forced labor.

"This seizure sends a strong message that CBP will not tolerate imports made by forced labor, which is a form of modern slavery that hurts vulnerable workers and threatens our economy," Cleveland Port Director Diann Rodriguez said.

Last week, Top Glove said it has resolved all 11 International Labor Organization indicators of forced labor, which was verified by independent U.K. consultant Impactt Ltd.

The CBP said its forced-labor finding against Top Glove on March 29 was based on evidence of forced-labor indicators in the company's production process, including debt bondage, excessive overtime, abusive working and living conditions, and retention of identity documents.

Top Glove shares were recently trading 2.2% lower at MYR5.33.

Write to Chester Tay at chester.tay@wsj.com

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