What data did DOL analyze to make its initial determination on removing charcoal from Brazil from the EO List?
• DOL reviewed data from the Government of Brazil that indicates that, from January 2007 to September 2010, the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MTE) conducted 1,924 labor inspections in 23 states and found no child under 18 working under forced labor conditions in charcoal production. To corroborate the Brazilian Government’s data, DOL accessed information publicly available since the end of the previous research period (2008-2010) and spoke with a number of stakeholders actively engaged in forced labor issues in the charcoal sector. These sources, which included the ILO, Reporter Brasil, the Citizens’ Charcoal Institute (ICC) and the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), indicate that forced child labor in the production of charcoal has been significantly reduced if not eliminated. Both the CPT and ICC provided monitoring data to support these claims, although the CPT data differs slightly from the Government’s data. The CPT, which receives complaints of forced labor cases, carries out in
