US Imposes Sanctions On Chinese Solar Firms For Uighur Human Rights Violations, Bans Material Import

The United States on Wednesday (Jun 23) imposed a ban on U.S. imports of a key solar panel material from Chinese-based Hoshine Silicon Industry Co.

U.S also restricted exports to five Chinese companies that it said were implicated in Chinese human rights violations.

The companies are major manufacturers of monocrystalline silicon and polysilicon that are used in solar panel production.

The companies added to the Commerce Department’s Entity List include Xinjiang Daqo New Energy, a unit of Daqo New Energy Corp; Xinjiang East Hope Nonferrous Metals, a subsidiary of Shanghai-based manufacturing giant East Hope Group; Xinjiang GCL New Energy Material and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC).

Polycrystalline silicon, also called polysilicon or poly-Si, is a high purity, polycrystalline form of silicon, is used as a raw material by the solar photovoltaic and electronics industry.

45% of polysilicon used in solar panels comes from Xinjiang province in China. The region houses massive factories producing solar polysilicon including Xinte Energy's plant with an annual manufacturing capacity of 72,000 tonnes, Daqo New Energy Corp owns a 70,000-tonne plant. CGL-Poly Energy Holding and East Hope Group together produce around 88,000 tonnes there annually.

Another 35 percent of the supply comes from other regions in China, while the remaining 20 percent came from outside China. SEIA has said it believes that's enough to supply the U.S., without polysilicon from Xinjiang.

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[newsfromchina]

There is not human rights violation problems in China's Xinjiang
The ban of Chinese solar firms is highly politic and should be condemned

[mayleetan]

Why don't China just ban export of rare earth materials to US and its allies, and any party that re-export to them will be banned or sanctioned. Since China is remodelling its internal consumption market, it should be able to be self sufficient and can establish its own ecosystem. Just trade with Asian countries and forget about the Western countries. Let their inflation rates go up without affordable Chinese goods.

[steventhong]

AND STUPID ..
.STOP SPENDING YOUR MONEY IN THIS RUBBISH....HELP THE POOR BETTER !!

[steventhong]

ARE YOU CITIZEN OF CHINA? THAT MADE YOU TALK RUBBISH N ACT A RUBBISH !!