Overview
- The Department of Homeland Security added 43 China-based companies to the UFLPA Entity List on July 31, 2026, bringing the total number of listed entities to 187.
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection will apply a rebuttable presumption to goods tied to the newly listed firms so imports are barred unless importers provide evidence they were not made with forced labor.
- The new designations cover priority sectors including cotton and apparel, aluminum, seafood and frozen food, and critical inputs such as polysilicon and mining-related minerals.
- Officials said the expansion is intended to stop forced-labor-tainted goods from entering U.S. supply chains and to protect American businesses, and agencies warned they will prosecute attempts to evade the ban.
- The UFLPA, enacted in December 2021, places the burden of proof on importers and has already led CBP to block thousands of shipments and nearly $1 billion in goods, raising compliance costs and potential downstream price and availability pressures for affected industries.