Chain of custody from fibre to garment — for US forced-labour enforcement and the EU Digital Product Passport
UFLPA — United States
US CBP presumes any goods with a Xinjiang nexus are made with forced labour and detains them. Rebutting that needs documentary tracing to bale level — farm, gin, spinner, mill, garment — with commercial documents for every transfer, produced within roughly 30 days of detention.
Digital Product Passport — European Union
The ESPR textiles delegated act is expected in 2027, with mandatory compliance realistically from 2028. Roughly 126 data points per product are in scope. The same chain that answers CBP populates most of the passport — build it once.
Orders Traced
10
fibre to garment
UFLPA Exposure
2
4 US-bound orders
DPP Ready
2/10
3 EU-bound orders
Origin Verified
8
isotopic testing on file
2 order(s) cannot be evidenced to fibre origin
The chain breaks above the spinner — the farm and gin are undeclared. If any of these ship to the United States they are exposed to detention, and the goods sit at the port while the buyer charges back the delay. Re-source the yarn or obtain declarations before allocating them to a US order.
Cotton Farm
Undisclosed — broker-sourced lot
Not declared, Unknown
—
Origin not declared — cannot rebut the UFLPA presumption
Ginner
Not disclosed by supplier
Not declared, Unknown
—
Origin not declared — cannot rebut the UFLPA presumption
Spinner
Weiqiao Textile Company
Shandong, China
DOC-9196
China-nexus tier — supporting documents required at entry
Fabric Mill & Dye House
Weiqiao Textile Company
Binzhou, China
DOC-2476
China-nexus tier — supporting documents required at entry
Garment Factory
PT Textile Flow Indonesia
Kendal, Central Java, Indonesia
DOC-7158
Origin verification
No isotopic test on file. With the farm and gin undeclared there is nothing to test against, so the chain rests entirely on the supplier's word.
Product passport
55% of the 126 scoped data points populated
Updated Jun 21, 2026