CBP: UFLPA
US Customs and Border Protection's enforcement page and guidance for importers.
Show who made it, and who owns them.
Under the UFLPA, US Customs and Border Protection presumes certain goods are made with forced labor, and the importer must show otherwise.
Fill Easy returns registry evidence on each supplier's identity, owners and their other holdings.
A presumption the importer must rebut.
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, in effect since 21 June 2022, presumes that goods mined, produced or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, or by an entity on the UFLPA Entity List, are barred from entry into the United States.
To rebut it, an importer shows by clear and convincing evidence that the goods were not made with forced labor, and that it complied with the published guidance, including supply chain tracing.
At a glance
- Law
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (Public Law 117-78)
- In force
- 21 June 2022
- Enforced by
- US Customs and Border Protection
- Entity List
- Maintained by the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, Department of Homeland Security
Trade and sustainability
Supply chain tracing, supplier by supplier.
Where company records are part of the evidence.
| Obligation | What it asks | What Fill Easy returns |
|---|---|---|
| Identify each supplier | The legal entity at each tier of the chain | Registry extract and statutory documents from the company's home registry, across 60+ jurisdictions |
| Ownership and affiliates | Whether a supplier is owned by, or owns, a listed entity | Ownership traced layer by layer through each registry to the natural persons at the top, with shareholdings in other companies |
| Screening | Suppliers and owners checked against the Entity List and sanctions lists | AML, sanctions and PEP screening on the company and the people found |
| Keep the file current | Supplier records updated as the chain changes | Monitoring and remediation: the book re-checked at source from one Excel file |
A summary, not legal advice: the official text governs, and your compliance team decides what your policies require.
Read the source
The official text.
DHS: UFLPA Entity List
The list of entities maintained by the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force.
Questions about UFLPA forced labor
Not covered here? Ask our team
Does Fill Easy make us compliant with UFLPA forced labor?
No. The due diligence duty sits with your firm under UFLPA forced labor, and your policies decide what is enough. Fill Easy supplies the evidence those policies rely on: records from the government or registry source, each showing where and when it was retrieved.
Does Fill Easy decide whether goods are admissible?
No. Admissibility is decided by CBP on the importer's evidence. Fill Easy supplies company records for that evidence: who each supplier is and who owns it.