On November 14, Maxeon announced on its official website that its solar panels continue to be detained and inexplicably excluded from the list of products imported from its Mexico manufacturing plant to the US market. Despite Maxeon’s full transparency in mapping out its supply chain and providing US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with comprehensive traceability documents for its clean supply chain, CBP officials claimed insufficient documentation to prove Maxeon’s compliance with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). The company strongly disagreed, presenting clear and objective counter-evidence.
Maxeon’s solar modules produced in Mexico have been detained by US Customs since July, citing UFLPA as the reason, significantly impacting the company’s operations. According to Maxeon’s financial report, the company incurred a $7.8 million loss in Q2 2024, primarily due to reduced module shipments. The report revealed that Maxeon only sold 526MW of modules in Q2, with much of the decline attributed to the CBP detentions.
In 2023, Maxeon expanded its Mexicali manufacturing facility in Baja California, Mexico, increasing its annual capacity to 1.8GW and investing approximately $260 million into the plant.
