On December 23, 2021, President Biden
signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
(UFLPA) into law.
The Act creates a rebuttable presumption that “any goods,
wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or
manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China” (or by
an entity included on a list required by the Act) is prohibited
from importation into the US under 19 U.S.C. §1307. This
presumption applies unless the Commissioner of US Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) determines that “the importer of
record has complied with specified conditions and, by clear
and convincing evidence, that the goods, wares, articles, or
merchandise were not produced using forced labor.”