北京 —— 中国商务部周二宣布对 PVH 集团（Calvin Klein 的母公司）启动调查，指控该集团涉嫌在新疆供应链环节扰乱正常市场交易行为，并被列入了“不可靠实体”名单机制的一部分。
这一调查与美国于2019年将中国通信巨头华为列入黑名单相呼应，体现了中国政府对此类问题的响应。类似的机制在美国商务部已存在多年，限制被标名公司无法获得源自美国的产品或服务。当地时间周一下午，美国商务部宣布了禁止进口和销售与中国或俄罗斯相关的特定汽车硬件和软件的计划。
中国商务部未在周二声明中说明为何现在对 PVH 进行调查，但强调该集团有30天的时间作出回应。
对于被列入“不可靠实体”名单的企业，包括此前被纳入的美国防务公司，禁止它们进行与中国相关的一切进出口业务。针对 PVH 的指控指出其“违反正常市场交易原则，针对新疆供应商采取歧视性措施，并扰乱了与中国企业、个人和他人的正常交易。”
PVH 集团在回应 CNBC 时重申，该公司始终严格遵守各经营地的法律及规定。集团正与中国商务部进行沟通，并将根据相关规则作出响应。
这一事件凸显了一些国际零售企业对中国市场与新疆特定议题关系的关注与反应。近期，PVH 在其7月发布的2022年度社会责任报告中明确指出，在包括新疆在内的地区不允许直接或间接的采购活动。
Calvin Klein 和 Tommy Hilfiger 两大品牌在亚洲，尤其是中国和澳大利亚面临的消费环境挑战下，在截至8月4日的季度内收入下降了4.3%，至13.8亿美元。国际销售额占PVH集团该季度总营收的56%。
新疆是中国境内穆斯林维吾尔族的主要聚居区。据联合国、美国、英国及其它国家和地区所认定，这一群体遭受着政治打压。中国政府一再否认存在强制劳工或其他形式的人权侵害事件，并表示被称为“拘留营”的设施实际上是职业培训中心。
这起调查的展开是对国际品牌在新疆供应链中的操作与承诺的又一轮考验。
新闻来源：www.nbcnews.com
原文地址：China launches probe into Calvin Klein parent over Xinjiang supply chain ‘disruptions’
新闻日期：2024-09-25
原文摘要：
BEIJING — China’s Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday it was launching a probe into Calvin Klein-parent PVH Group over alleged business disruptions around its Xinjiang supply chain. The ministry said the investigation is part of its “unreliable entities” list mechanism. Launched in 2019 shortly after the U.S. blacklisted Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, the list is China’s version of the U.S. Commerce Department’s entity list that restricts named companies from accessing items originating in the U.S. The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday announced plans to ban the import or sale of cars with specific hardware or software linked to China or Russia. China’s Commerce Ministry on Tuesday did not say why it was investigating PVH now, but said the U.S. retail group had 30 days to respond. U.S. defense companies that previously landed on the “unreliable entities” list are barred from China-related imports or exports. The Chinese investigation alleges that PVH “targeted Xinjiang suppliers in violation of the principles of normal market transactions, with disruptions to normal transactions with Chinese businesses, individuals and other people, along with other discriminatory measures,” according to a CNBC translation of the Chinese text. PVH said in a statement to CNBC, “As a matter of company policy, PVH maintains strict compliance with all relevant laws and regulations in all countries and regions in which we operate. We are in communication with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and will respond in accordance with the relevant regulations. We have no further comment at this time.” The group, which also owns Tommy Hilfiger, is one of several foreign retail companies that have faced scrutiny in China over efforts to distance themselves from alleged forced labor in China’s Xinjiang region. In a July 2022 corporate responsibility report, PVH said that Xinjiang is one of the regions where no direct or indirect sourcing is permitted. International revenue for Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger fell 4.3% year-on-year to $1.38 billion in the quarter that ended Aug. 4, dragged down by a “challenging consumer environment in Asia Pacific, particularly in China and Australia,” PVH said in an earnings release. That overseas revenue accounted for more than half of PVH’s total revenue of $2.07 billion for the quarter. Xinjiang is home to the Uyghur Muslims, who have been identified by the United Nations, United States, United Kingdom and others as a repressed ethnic group. China has repeatedly denied allegations of forced labor and other abuses in Xinjiang. The government says that facilities there that the U.S., U.K., Canada and human rights groups have characterized as internment camps are actually vocational training centers.
