DHS Adds 2 Companies, Subsidiaries to UFLPA Entity List
DHS will add two companies, as well as eight subsidiaries of one of those companies, to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List, according to a pre-publication notice released June 9.
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Ninestar Corporation and its eight Zhuhai-based subsidiaries and Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Co. Ltd. are being added for working with the government of Xinjiang to “recruit, transport, transfer, harbor or receive forced labor or Uyghurs” and other persecuted groups.
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. The listings will take effect upon publication of the notice, currently scheduled for June 12.