Indian solar panels face US scrutiny for possible links to China forced labor

Since October, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has detained nearly $43 million worth of electronics equipment shipments from India under the 2022 Uygur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). This marks a new area of focus for the trade enforcement agency, which aims to prevent goods made with forced labor from entering the US market. While CBP has not specified the types of detained electronics, industry sources indicate that polysilicon, a key material in…