Effective May 17, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is adding 26 China-based cotton traders and warehouse facilities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List based on the U.S. government’s reasonable cause to believe the entities source or sell cotton from China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang). These companies will now be subject to the UFLPA’s rebuttable presumption that the products they produce, wholly or in part, are prohibited from entry in the U.S.

The additions further DHS’s Textile Enforcement Plan. The 26 entities being added to the UFLPA Entity List are:

  • Binzhou Chinatex Yintai Industrial Co., Ltd.
  • China Cotton Group Henan Logistics Park Co., Ltd., Xinye Branch
  • China Cotton Group Nangong Hongtai Cotton Co., Ltd.
  • China Cotton Group Shandong Logistics Park Co., Ltd.
  • China Cotton Group Xinjiang Cotton Co.
  • Fujian Minlong Warehousing Co., Ltd.
  • Henan Yumian Group Industrial Co., Ltd.
  • Henan Yumian Logistics Co., Ltd. (formerly known as 841 Cotton Transfer Warehouse)
  • Hengshui Cotton and Linen Corporation Reserve Library
  • Heze Cotton and Linen Co., Ltd.
  • Heze Cotton and Linen Economic and Trade Development Corporation (also known as Heze Cotton and Linen Trading Development General Company)
  • Huangmei Xiaochi Yinfeng Cotton (formerly known as Hubei Provincial Cotton Corporation’s Xiaochi Transfer Reserve)
  • Hubei Jingtian Cotton Industry Group Co., Ltd.
  • Hubei Qirun Investment Development Co., Ltd.
  • Hubei Yinfeng Cotton Co., Ltd.
  • Hubei Yinfeng Warehousing and Logistics Co., Ltd.
  • Jiangsu Yinhai Nongjiale Storage Co., Ltd.
  • Jiangsu Yinlong Warehousing and Logistics Co., Ltd.
  • Jiangyin Lianyun Co. Ltd. (also known as Jiangyin Intermodal Transport Co. and Jiangyin United Transport Co.)
  • Jiangyin Xiefeng Cotton and Linen Co., Ltd.
  • Juye Cotton and Linen Station of the Heze Cotton and Linen Corporation,
  • Lanxi Huachu Logistics Co., Ltd.
  • Linxi County Fangpei Cotton Buying and Selling Co., Ltd.
  • Nanyang Hongmian Logistics Co., Ltd. (also known as Nanyang Red Cotton Logistics Co., Ltd.)
  • Wugang Zhongchang Logistics Co., Ltd.
  • Xinjiang Yinlong Agricultural International Cooperation Co.

Since the UFLPA was signed into law in 2021, 65 entities have been added to the UFLPA Entity List.