A Certain Company's Photovoltaic Modules Continue To Be Detained By US Customs

On November 14th, Maxeon's official website announced that its solar panels continue to be detained and inexplicably excluded from the list of imports from its Mexican manufacturing plant to the US market.

Although Maxeon has fully transparently mapped its supply chain and provided comprehensive traceability documents for its clean supply chain to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials, CBP reviewers claim that there is a lack of sufficient documentation to prove Maxeon's compliance with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which the company strongly refutes and provides clear and objective evidence to the contrary.

It is worth mentioning that Maxeon's photovoltaic modules produced in Mexico have been detained by US customs since July on the grounds of UFLPA, which has had a huge impact on the company.

According to Maxeon's financial data, the company incurred a loss of $7.8 million in the second quarter of this year, mainly due to a decrease in component shipments. The financial report shows that Maxeon sold only 526MW of components in the second quarter. Maxeon attributed most of the decline in sales to the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) withholding components imported from the company's Mexican factory to the United States.

The reason given by CBP for detention is failure to comply with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). In 2023, Maxeon expanded its manufacturing plant in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, increasing its annual capacity to 1.8GW and increasing investment in the plant to approximately $260 million.