Over $800 Million Worth of Chinese Solar Imports Comes Under US Customs Scrutiny for Using Slave Labor

Large solar panels are seen in a solar power plant in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang region on May 8, 2013. STR/AFP via Getty Images

Solar panel shipments from China are coming under scrutiny of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) following a law passed last year that seeks to block Chinese solar imports made using forced labor of the Uyghur community in the Xinjiang region.

In June last year, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) came into effect. “Between June 2022 and January 2023, 2,692 shipments were identified as potentially violating the terms of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act,” a CBP spokesperson said to Fox News. “These shipments were valued at $817,466,574.”