DHS Adds 3 More Entities to UFLPA Entity List
DHS will add three more entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List, it said in a notice released Sept. 26. Xinjiang Tianmian Foundation Textile Co., Ltd.; Xinjiang Tianshan Wool Textile Co. Ltd.; Xinjiang Zhongtai Group Co. Ltd. are being added for “working with the government of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to recruit, transport, transfer, harbor or receive forced labor or Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted groups out of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.” The new listings will take effect Sept. 27.
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Under UFLPA, CBP applies a rebuttable presumption that goods mined, produced or manufactured by entities on the UFLPA Entity List are made with forced labor and prohibited from importation.