EV batteries and other car parts are the latest products under scrutiny in the effort to stamp out U.S. links to forced labor in Chinese supply chains.
When shipments are detained, CBP provides the importer with a list of examples of products from previous reviews and the kind of documentation required to prove they are not made with forced labor, CBP told Reuters.
"The timing of these changes does not reflect any specific changes in strategy or operations," a CBP spokesperson said in a statement, adding that the list of eight product types was"not exhaustive." In a report to Congress last month on UFLPA enforcement, CBP listed lithium-ion batteries, tires,"and other automobile components" among the"potential risk areas" it was monitoring.
Though the automotive detentions are small compared with the more than $1 billion of solar panel imports that have stalled at the border, they have put the industry on alert, according to attorneys and supply-chain experts.
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