Giant files petition to resolve US Customs detention order

September 26, 2025

Giant Bicycles has filed a petition with the US government to resolve a Withhold Release Order put in place Wednesday by the Customs and Border Patrol agency. The agency issued the order, which effectively prevents Giant from being able to import bicycles and products from Taiwan to the US, over what CBP called “information that reasonably indicates forced labor use” at Giant’s Taiwan factory.

Giant said that no shipments are currently being held and that it has already made progress last year in addressing the allegations, which were initially raised in 2024 and again last year in media reports by investigative journalist Peter Bengtsen. Giant’s stock price fell to a 15-year low on the news, before rebounding slightly. The news of the interdiction order – and the allegations of forced labor – have been met with shock by the bike industry. Escape Collective