US Customs and Border Protection has begun enforcing Withhold Release Orders (WROs) on imported Chinese solar goods from the Xinjiang region of China, with analyst Philip Shen of Roth Capital Partners estimating that 2.1 GW has been affected. The solar projects which were going to use these modules will have to find a new supply, but the modules are not confiscated – they can be re-exported to other destinations. These actions are the enforcement of the June 24th announcement by the US that it would impose Withhold Release Orders on any Chinese solar modules which it suspects of having been made with polysilicon sourced from Hoshine Solar and its subsidiaries. The Xinjiang polysilicon industry allegedly relies on forced labor in…