By: Arthur Bodek
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the addition of thirty-seven companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Consolidated Entity List (and corrected the name of a thirty-eighth company). These companies span the textile, energy, solar and zinc industries.
By statute, goods mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the XUAR or produced by an entity on one of the UFLPA lists are subject to a rebuttable presumption that they were made using forced labor and are inadmissible.
The specific changes are set forth below.
- Entities Added under the UFLPA Section 2(d)(2)(B)(ii) List (entities working with the government of the XUAR to recruit, transport, transfer, harbor or receive forced labor or Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, or members of other persecuted groups out of the XUAR)
- Xinjiang Energy (Group) Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Energy (Group) Real Estate Co., Ltd
- Xinjiang Jinbao Mining Co., Ltd.
- Entities Added under the UFLPA Section 2(d)(2)(B)(v) list (facilities and entities that source material from the XUAR or from persons working with the government of Xinjiang or the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) for purposes of the “poverty alleviation” program or the “pairing-assistance” program or any other government labor scheme that uses forced labor)
- Aksu Biaoxin Fiber Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Aksu Shangheng Fiber Co., Ltd.)
- Aksu Huafu Color Spinning Co., Ltd. (also known as Aksu Huafu Textiles Co., Ltd.; Akesu Huafu; Aksu Huafu Dyed Melange Yarn; and Akesu Huafu Melange Yarn Co., Ltd.)
- Awati Huafu Textile Co., Ltd.
- Baotou Meike Silicon Energy Co., Ltd.
- Donghai JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd.
- Hongyuan Green Energy Co., Ltd. (also known as HY Solar; and Hoyuan Green Energy Co. Ltd. and formerly known as Wuxi Shangji CNC Co., Ltd.; Wuxi Shangji Automation Co., Ltd.; and Wuxi Shangji Grinding Machine Co., Ltd.)
- Hongyuan New Materials (Baotou) Co., Ltd.
- Huafu Fashion Co., Ltd.
- Huyanghe Huafu Hongsheng Cotton Industry Co., Ltd.
- Jiangsu Meike Solar Technology Co., Ltd. (also known as Meike Co. and formerly known as Jiangsu Gaozhao New Energy Development Co., Ltd.)
- Kuche Zongheng Cotton Industry Co., Ltd.
- Kuitun Jinfu Textile Co., Ltd.
- Ningbo Huafu Donghao Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Ninghai Huafu Textile Co., Ltd.
- Shaya Yinhua Cotton Industry Co., Ltd.
- Shihezi Huafu Hongfeng Cotton Industry Co., Ltd.
- Shihezi Huafu Hongsheng Cotton Industry Co., Ltd.
- Shihezi Standard Fiber Co., Ltd.
- Shuangliang Silicon Materials (Baotou) Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Cotton Industry Group Jiashi Cotton Industry Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Cotton Industry Group Yuepu Lake Cotton Industry Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Habahe Ashele Copper Co., Ltd. (also known as Ashele Copper)
- Xinjiang Huafu Color Spinning Group Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Huafu Cotton Industry Group Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Huafu Hengfeng Cotton Industry Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Huafu Hongfeng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Huafu Textile Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Liufu Textile Industrial Park Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Shengfu Cotton Industry Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Tianfu Cotton Supply Chain Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Tianhong Xinba Cotton Industry Co., Ltd. (also known as Xinjiang Tianhong New Eight Cotton Industry Co., Ltd.)
- Xinjiang Zefu Cotton Co., Ltd.
- Xinjiang Zijin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
- Zhejiang Weixin Trading Co., Ltd.
- Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
- One Entity Added to both UFLPA Section 2(d)(2)(B)(ii) and 2(d)(2)(B)(v) Lists
- Xinjiang Zijin Zinc Industry Co., Ltd.
- Modification of Party Name under the UFLPA Section 2(d)(2)(B)(ii) list (entities in the XUAR that mine, produce, or manufacture wholly or in part any goods, wares, articles and merchandise with forced labor)
- Aksu Huafu Textiles Co. (including two aliases: Akesu Huafu and Aksu Huafu Dyed Melange Yarn) is changed to Aksu Huafu Color Spinning Co., Ltd. (also known as Aksu Huafu Textiles Co., Ltd.; Akesu Huafu; Aksu Huafu Dyed Melange Yarn; and Akesu Huafu Melange Yarn Co., Ltd.)
Since the UFLPA was signed into law, over 100 entities have been added to the UFLPA Entity List involving various product sectors. The full list can be found here. Future additions to the list will be considered. A procedure is also available whereby parties may request their removal from the entity list.
Please do not hesitate to contact any of our attorneys for further information on the above or any other aspect of UFLPA compliance.
