Solar Products Detained Under New US-China Law, Analyst Says (1)

New US powers to detain imports tied to China’s Xinjiang region have been used to halt products from a major solar company, according to a key industry analyst.

US Customs and Border Protection detained products from the manufacturer and required documentation to detail the source of quartzite, a raw material in the firm’s supply chain, Roth Capital Partners analysts including Philip Shen said in a June 28 research note, without naming the company impacted.

Providing evidence about the source of their raw materials marks an escalation in controls applied to manufacturers to prove their supply chains are free of links ...