Overview

• The US has added three more Chinese companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List, bringing the total to 30.
• The companies added are COFCO Sugar Holding, Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group, and Anhui Xinya New Materials, which produce a range of goods from sugar to network transformers to yarn.
• Since June 2022, US Customs and Border Protection has reviewed over 6,000 shipments valued at more than $2 billion as a result of the Act.
• The Act denies entry to goods from listed companies unless they can prove they were not produced with or tied to forced labor.
• US officials believe Chinese authorities have established labor camps for Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups in China's western Xinjiang region, a claim that Beijing denies.