The United Nations has urged companies and countries to closely scrutinise their supply chains over concerns about the alleged detention and forced labour of ethnic-minority Uighurs in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang.
A parliamentary committee is considering an import ban on products and components produced in Xinjiang under proposed laws put forward by independent Senator Rex Patrick.
US, Canada and the UK have been issuing business advisories in relation to the province however, Government Officials are yet to respond whether Australia has done the same.