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Instant Forced Labor Risk Screening for Your Automotive Supply Chain

With the automotive industry facing increased scrutiny over the likelihood of forced labor in their car supply chains, a critical need for better multi-tier and trade visibility has emerged.

Sayari, a counterparty and supply chain risk platform, has been helping car companies looking to tackle these automotive supply chain issues head-on. By layering corporate ownership data with import-export information from 65+ reporting countries, our platform makes it easy for auto supply chain teams to validate intelligence gathered from direct suppliers, build targeted multi-tier supply chain maps, and discover hidden forced labor risk.

With integrated government watchlists and data sourced directly from Sheffield Hallam reports, including one focused on the auto supply chain, Sayari allows importers to automatically scan supplier lists for 75+ built-in risk indicators, 20+ of which are focused specifically on Xinjiang forced labor. Agencies across 10 departments of the U.S. government, including CBP, leverage Sayari data and graph visualizations in their regulatory and investigative efforts.

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Forced Labor Risk Assessment for Automotive Supply Chain Management

Why is forced labor such a critical concern for the automotive industry right now?

In recent months, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has increased its focus on the automotive industry. This comes off the heels of the passing of the UFLPA and a report published by Sheffield-Hallam University that found 96 car brands with ties to forced labor, with hundreds that were at risk for complicity.

The average car has around 30,000 parts, each with its own set of inputs. Multiplied across the number of models for a given manufacturer, this likelihood puts every major car brand at high risk for sourcing exposure to Xinjiang forced labor.

“Car companies are under a tremendous amount of political and economic pressure to break into the EV market, but three-quarters of the world’s lithium-ion batteries are made in China,” says Richard Mojica, Lead at Miller & Chevalier, a law firm specializing in the automotive industry and trade law. “Deeper supply chain visibility is paramount to automakers’ survival in this climate.”

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How Sayari helps Automotive Companies Comply with the UFLPA

Rely on the same data CBP uses

Leverage a DHS CBP UFLPA Entity List enriched with 5K previously unidentified subsidiaries, joint ventures, branches & affiliates

Quickly identify Xinjiang forced labor risk for UFLPA compliance

Search and view profiles on 1.6M corporate entities geolocated in Xinjiang Province as well as 91M Chinese company profiles including 20+ forced labor Risk Factors, including subtier trade linked to Xinjiang.

Translate Chinese entity names and records

Navigate foreign languages with embedded translation and transliteration tools

UFLPA Tutorial

Watch a step-by-step tutorial on uncovering links to Xinjiang forced labor in global supply chains.