NEW ORLEANS, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

Goods produced by these entities are prohibited from entering the United States

WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on behalf of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), announced the addition of 43 companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, as well as technical updates to two existing entities. Upon publication, 187 entities will be on the Entity List, a 30% increase in the number of entities listed and the single largest-ever expansion of the List.

Effective August 3, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will apply a rebuttable presumption that goods produced by t...