DHS Slaps 43 More Firms on Uyghur Slave Labor No-Fly List
Published Date: 8/3/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as the Chair of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), announces the publication and availability of the updated Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, a consolidated register of the four lists required to be developed and maintained pursuant to the UFLPA, on the DHS UFLPA website. The updated UFLPA Entity List is also published as an appendix to this notice. This update adds forty-three new entities to the UFLPA Entity List, two of which appear on two separate sub-lists. In addition, this update includes technical corrections to two existing entities on the UFLPA Entity List. Details related to the process for revising the UFLPA Entity List are included in this Federal Register notice.
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43 Entities Added; Imports Presumed Forced Labor
On August 3, 2026, DHS updated the UFLPA Entity List by adding 43 entities. Goods made wholly or in part by entities on the UFLPA Entity List are subject to a rebuttable presumption they were made with forced labor and are prohibited from importation into the United States under 19 U.S.C. 1307 (the rebuttable presumption has applied since June 21, 2022).
Adds Suppliers Across Key Sectors
The August 3, 2026 update adds four entities under UFLPA section 2(d)(2)(B)(ii) (entities working with Xinjiang government labor transfers) and forty-one entities under section 2(d)(2)(B)(v) (facilities/entities that source material from Xinjiang for poverty-alleviation or pairing-assistance programs). The newly listed companies span pharmaceuticals, textiles/apparel, aluminum and other metals, mining, food/agriculture, and battery/lithium materials.
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