The Department of Homeland Security, on behalf of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, has announced the addition of 37 entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List. This marks the largest single expansion of the list, bringing the total to 144 entities in just three years since the law's enactment. The additions include a large supplier of critical minerals, one of the world’s largest textile manufacturers, and 26 entities in the cotton sector, all linked to forced labor practices in the People’s Republic of China.
The entities added today include globally recognized companies that mine and process Xinjiang’s critical minerals, that grow Xinjiang cotton and manufacture textiles for global export, and that manufacture inputs for solar modules with polysilicon made in Xinjiang.
Effective January 15, 2025, U.S. CBP will apply a rebuttable presumption that goods produced by the named 37 entities will be prohibited from entering the United States as a result of the companies’ activities, either sourcing materials from the XUAR or working with the government of Xinjiang to recruit, transport, transfer, harbor, or receive Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted groups out of the XUAR.
CBP began enforcing the UFLPA in June 2022. Since then, CBP has reviewed over 12,600 shipments valued at more than $3.67 billion under the UFLPA.
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