Really just standard practice in the glove and mask business.
Low margin commodity stuff.
It’s hard to collect from someone half a planet away.
I’m sure there are plenty of variants to it.

Medical devices aren’t quite the same as lead pellets.

Though Liaoning did offer frozen scallops and chromium ore along with radios and catheters. Every month they had cans of stuff to dispose of. Lol.

Out there doing it best I can.