The logo of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Photo by CBP

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, also known as the UFLPA, was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Dec. 23, 2021. This significant international trade legislation was the U.S. response to the Chinese government’s systemic use of forced labor against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or XUAR, in the People’s Republic of China.

Almost 28 million people currently are victims of forced labor, according to the International Labour Organization, which they define as, “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the threat of a penalty and for which the person has not offered himself or herself voluntarily.” This also includes indentured labor and child labor.

The two CBP components primarily responsible for enforcing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act – the Office of Trade and the Office of Field Operations – began implementing the rebuttable presumption that went into effect on June 21, 2022 after months of intense preparation. That presumption means CBP will treat all goods produced entirely or in part in the XUAR as if they were produced with forced labor, and therefore, prohibited from entering the U.S. pursuant to Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930.

Personnel from across CBP work together to identify and interdict goods from, or made with inputs from, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in order to enforce the UFLPA. Goods...

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