CBP Takes More Active Approach to Fight Forced Labor

“It’s been an open secret that some industry heavyweights and major domestic manufacturers have strong connections to Xinjiang and have been laundering cells and modules made with dubious and unverified polysilicon into the United States without CBP scrutiny,” said Bret Manley, executive director of the not-for-profit Energy Fair Trade Coalition. “Meanwhile, the market has been flooded with Indian modules using the same cells from Chinese manufacturers that have already been excluded by CBP under the UFLPA.”