UFLPA
Acronym for: Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
US law creating a rebuttable presumption that goods from Xinjiang are made with forced labor and banned from import.
Detailed Explanation
UFLPA (Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act) took effect June 21, 2022. It creates a rebuttable presumption that any goods produced in Xinjiang, or by entities on the UFLPA Entity List, are made with forced labor and therefore cannot be imported to the US. For solar, this matters because ~40% of global polysilicon comes from Xinjiang. Detained shipments cost $15K-50K in storage/demurrage/legal fees. US importers must prove non-XUAR polysilicon source via supplier affidavits + ingot production records. Safest polysilicon sources for US: OCI (Korea), Wacker (Germany), Hemlock (USA).
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