UFLPA Entity List Grows to Over 100 Companies

DHS, which chairs the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, announced the latest addition of companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List on Nov. 22.

“Today’s enforcement actions make it clear -- the United States will not tolerate forced labor in the goods entering our markets,” Under Secretary for Policy Robert Silvers said in a news release. Silvers serves as chair of the FLETF. The UFLPA “is a powerful tool in the fight against forced labor, and we are using it to its full potential. We urge companies to take responsibility, know their supply chains, and act ethically," he said.

According to the release and to a Federal Register notice, CBP will apply a rebuttable presumption, effective Nov. 25, that goods produced by the named 29 entities will be prohibited from entering the U.S. as a result of the companies’ activities, either sourcing materials from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (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.

DHS flagged five companies that federal agencies suspect work 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:

• Western Gold
• Western Gold Hami Gold Mine
• Western Gold Karamay Hatu Gold Mine
• Xinjiang Nonferrous Metals Industry Group
• Xinjiang Zhonghe Co., Ltd. (also known as Xinjiang Joinworld).

The first four entities that are listed mine and process raw metallic materials, such as copper, lithium, beryllium, nickel, manganese, gold, chromium ore and iron ore, according to DHS. Xinjiang Zhonghe is involved in the research, development, production and sales of electronic materials and aluminum and alloy products, which are used in electronic equipment, wires, and cables in a wide range of downstream products, including household appliances, automobiles, and aerospace applications.

DHS also identified 24 entities in the agricultural sector for the production and sale of agricultural products sourced from the XUAR, including tomato paste and tomato products, walnuts, red dates, raisins, and other products. These entities include:

• Anhui Yaozhiyuan Biotechnology Development (also known as Anhui Yaozhiyuan Chinese Herbal Medicine; Anhui Yaozhiyuan Chinese Medicinal Materials; and Anhui Yaozhiyuan Biological Technology Development)
• Annan Canned Food (also known as Nanling County Annan Canned Food)
• Dalian Sunspeed Foods (also known as Dalian Shengchi International Trade)
• Gansu Yasheng International Trading (also known as Gansu Yasheng International Trade; and Yasheng International Trade; and formerly known as Gansu Yasheng International Trade Group)
• Hangzhou Union Biotechnology (also known as Hangzhou Youer Biotechnology; Youer Biotech; and Union Biotech)
• Hebei Suguo International Trade (also known as Suguo International)
• Hebei Tomato Industry (also known as Hebei Temeite Industrial Group; and formerly known as Hebei Temeite International Trade)
• Hunan Nanmo Biotechnology (also known as Hunan Nanmomo Technology)
• Inner Mongolia Qileyuan Food
• Inner Mongolia Xuanda Food (also known as Xuanda Food; and formerly known as Wuyuan County Xuanda Cereals, Oils and Foods)
• Jinan Haihong International Trade (formerly known as Jinan Haifang Trading)
• Jining Pengjie Trading
• Junan Jinsheng Import & Export (also known as Junan County Jinsheng Import and Export)
• Kingherbs Limited (also known as Changsha Jincao Biotechnology)
• Qingdao Vital Nutraceutical Ingredients BioScience (also known as Qingdao Weiyikang Biotechnology)
• Shanghai JUMP Machinery & Technology (also known as Shanghai Jiapai Machinery Technology; and formerly known as Shanghai Chituma Food Machinery Technology)
• Sichuan Yuan’an Pharmaceutical (also known as Sichuan Yuanan Pharmaceutical)
• Taiyuan Weishan International Economic Business (also known as Taiyuan Weishan International Trade)
• The TNN Development Limited (also known as Dehui (Dalian) International Trade)
• Tianjin Dunhe International Trade (also known as Dunhe Foods)
• Tianjin Kunyu International (also known as China Kunyu Industrial)
• Tianjin Tianwei Food (formerly known as Tianjin Sanhe Fruit and Vegetable Co)
• Weifang Alice Food
• Zhangzhou Hang Fat Import & Export (also known as Zhangzhou Hengfa Import and Export)

In addition to the inclusion of these 29 companies, DHS made several modifications to the existing list.

The first was moving one company to an different sub-category of the list. This company is Xinjiang Daqo New Energy (also known as Xinjiang Great New Energy; Xinjiang Daxin Energy; and Xinjiang Daqin Energy), which DHS says produces high purity polysilicon materials that includes sourced silicon powder from the XUAR.

The second was a technical correction; an alias of the company Xinjiang East Hope Nonferrous Metals, which manufactures nonferrous metals, nonferrous metal alloys products and metal materials, was removed from the list.