43 Companies Added to UFLPA Entity List

Imports from Additional Companies Participating in State-Imposed Forced Labour Transfer Programs Must be Banned 

August 3, 2026

The Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region welcomes the addition of 43 companies, including Tianshan Aluminum Group, Chalkis Health Industry Co., Fujian Septwolves, and Hunan Aihua Group, to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List. These latest additions strengthen one of the most effective tools for preventing forced labour-tainted goods from entering US markets. 

Many of these companies operate outside of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Uyghur Region), reflecting recent evidence that forced labour from the Uyghur Region is affecting supply chains all across China. To further strengthen enforcement, the interagency Forced Labour Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), which maintains the list, must increase its efforts to identify and designate companies that participate in the state-directed labour transfers, both inside and outside of the Uyghur Region. 

The UFLPA, signed into law in December 2021, establishes a rebuttable presumption that goods from companies on the UFLPA Entity List are tainted by forced labour and therefore prohibited from importation into the United States. The latest additions mark the first expansion of the Entity List since January 15, 2025, underscoring the importance of active enforcement as evidence of widespread forced labour transfers continues to emerge.

While the addition of new entities is an important step, ongoing sustained and robust enforcement remains critical. The FLETF is due to release its 2026 Updates to the Strategy to Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, or Manufactured with Forced Labor in the People’s Republic of China soon, including announcing the addition of any new high-priority sectors. We urge FLETF to continue to strengthen its enforcement efforts and add entities across all existing high-priority sectors as well as designate additional high-priority sectors where evidence of Uyghur forced labour is available, including automotive, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and minerals and metals such as titanium, beryllium, gold, and magnesium.

“I am encouraged to see the U.S. government returning to the critical work of enforcing the UFLPA. This robust list of entities that span critical minerals, pharmaceuticals, batteries, electronics, agriculture, and apparel will provide the trade community better insight into the depth and breadth of forced labour in the Uyghur Region and assist them in excluding those companies that profit from it. There are thousands more companies that should be on the entity list. I hope that we will see a steady stream of entities being added in the coming months,” said Laura Murphy, Professor of Human Rights at Sheffield Hallam University and Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

“The expansion of the UFLPA Entity List is a welcome and necessary step toward ensuring that goods produced through Uyghur forced labour are kept out of global supply chains. China’s ability to manufacture artificially low-cost products is built, in part, on the exploitation of Uyghur forced labour, distorting fair competition and placing law-abiding businesses at a disadvantage. Strong enforcement of the UFLPA is essential to protecting both human rights and a level playing field for responsible businesses,” said Abdulhakim Idris, Executive Director of the Center for Uyghur Studies.

Research has demonstrated that the UFLPA has changed corporate behavior by creating legal and financial consequences for noncompliance, prompting companies to trace supply chains more deeply and shift sourcing in sectors.

Increased international coordination to address state-imposed forced labour remains urgent. While forced labour in global supply chains has received heightened attention in recent months, the recent USTR investigations have not focused on state-imposed forced labour. As governments around the world develop and implement trade measures and import bans on goods produced with forced labour, they should ensure their policies include robust measures that explicitly address state-imposed forced labour, including efforts to circumvent import restrictions on these goods. This will help ensure that there is no safe harbour for goods made under such egregious labour conditions. 

Further, companies should not wait for additional legislation or enforcement actions before addressing links to Uyghur forced labour in their supply chains. All companies must urgently trace their entire supply chain, address any points of exposure, and fully exit the Uyghur Region to ensure they are not contributing to or benefiting from state-imposed forced labour. This includes ending all links to suppliers operating in the Uyghur Region, or implicated in labour transfer programmes anywhere in China. 

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