Chinese Solar Companies Should Be Added to UFLPA Entity List, Industry Group Says
Several Chinese companies that make solar panels that are imported into the U.S. should be added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act entity list, the Coalition for a Prosperous America said in an Aug. 10 letter to the leaders of DHS and CBP. CPA, a domestic industry trade group, noted a recent report that solar panels have been stopped by CBP. A withhold release order should also be issued against goods imported by affiliated companies, it said. Specifically, CPA said the following companies should be added to the list:
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- Xinjiang Sokesi New Materials Co. (aka Sokos)
- Changji Jisheng New Building Materials Co.
- Xinte Energy Co. and its parent TBEA Co.
- LONGi Green Energy Technology
- Trina Solar Energy Co.
- JA Solar Holdings Co.
- JinkoSolar Co., Ltd.
- GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Co.
- Daqo New Energy Corp.
- East Hope Group.
The provided evidence is "clearly sufficient to conclude that these companies either operate within Xinjiang and/or benefit from Xinjiang forced labor that takes place elsewhere in their supply chain," the group said. "They should be required to show by clear and convincing evidence that they do not utilize forced labor within the scope of the UFLPA. As a law enforcement matter, we request that you place all the above companies on the Entity List as soon as possible to ensure against the illicit importation of their goods through US ports of entry," the group said.
Additionally, it requested WROs be issued against photovoltaic goods "associated with any subsidiaries or affiliated entities within their respective corporate groups that may operate beyond Xinjiang based on a reasonable suspicion that such goods have inputs made with forced labor comingled or blended within their products."