After Maxeon and Hanwha, the third photovoltaic enterprise module was detained!

According to foreign media reports, Vietnamese photovoltaic manufacturer VS UN's photovoltaic module products shipped to the United States were seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on the grounds that CBP suspected that the company's photovoltaic products contained raw materials from Xinjiang, China.

Last week, Abalance of Japan, the parent company of VSUN, confirmed the seizure of photovoltaic modules and said it expected the incident to reduce its annual revenue by about 3-5 billion yen (128-214.5 million yuan).

VSUN said it was in communication with CBP through US legal counsel. If successful, the company will sell the seized components in the United States market; if not, it will sell them in other markets, but at a lower price than in the United States market.

According to foreign media reports, the batteries used in the components seized by VSUN may come from the Ethiopian factory of TOYO, a Japanese photovoltaic manufacturer affiliated with VSUN. It is based on the fact that the United States has previously imposed "double-negative" tariffs on several Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, and that the relevant supply chains have been transferred to other countries to avoid high tariffs. Christian Roselund, senior policy analyst at Intertek CEA, a US-based

photovoltaic research Institute, said the seizure of VSUN modules "coincides with a significant increase in the number of seized products in Ethiopia in January-February 2026".

CBP data showed a surge in seizures of "electronic products" imported from Ethiopia in January, classified as No.8541, a category covering "semiconductor devices", most of which experts believe are photovoltaic products . In 2025, there were 4 seizures of such products, involving about $1.7 million; in 2026, the number of seizures increased to 23, involving more than $16 million. Before

the seizure of VS UN photovoltaic modules, the photovoltaic products shipped to the United States by Maxeon and Hanwha had been seized. In July

2024, Maxeon's PV modules shipped from Mexico to the United States were detained by CBP for the first time, and no public information has been released so far. Although Maxeon provided thousands of pages of documents to prove its full compliance during the seizure, it was rejected by CBP and said it had insufficient evidence. Affected by this incident, Maxeon's performance has declined seriously and its operation is in trouble. At present, the company has applied to the High Court of Singapore to enter the judicial management process. In August

2025, it was reported that in mid-June of the same year, photovoltaic cells shipped from Hanwha to the United States were seized by CBP. It is reported that the company 's seized photovoltaic cells are produced in its factories in Korea and Malaysia . It will be shipped to its component plant in Georgia, USA. Fortunately for Maxeon, however, Hanwha's PV products were released after months of detention.