Chinese authorities investigating FedEx Corp suspect that the US delivery company illegally withheld more than 100 Huawei Technologies Co packages and breached other laws, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
Beijing started a probe into FedEx last month after Huawei said that the delivery firm had diverted parcels intended for it.
It came after Huawei was placed by Washington on a blacklist in mid-May that effectively blocks US firms from doing business with the Shenzhen-based telecom equipment maker.
“The investigation showed that FedEx was suspected of holding up more than 100 Huawei packages entering China,” Xinhua said. “Investigators also discovered clues to other violations of the company.”
FedEx had no immediate comment on the report. Huawei did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The report comes a day after Huawei said that US-listed company Flex “seized” its goods in China.
The developments mark the latest fallout from Washington’s trade ban on Huawei, which has not only rattled the global technology supply chain tied to Huawei’s US$105 billion business, but is also causing much confusion among companies and organizations well beyond US borders regarding the limits of restrictions.
FedEx has apologized for multiple incidents of diversion of Huawei packages, which it attributed to “operational errors,” and it last month sued the US government for what it said was an “impossible task” to “police the contents” of export shipments.
Huawei on Thursday said that its contract manufacturer Flex had withheld about 700 million yuan (US$101.8 million) of goods in its China factory, confirming a report by the Global Times.
Flex kept the Huawei assets in its factory in the southern city of Zhuhai after the US blacklisting and caused losses for Huawei, the report said.
Huawei said that it had last month retrieved about 400 million yuan of goods after negotiations and is still trying to take back the rest.
Flex yesterday said in its quarterly earnings statement that it would accelerate a move to reduce its exposure to certain products in China and India after “recent geopolitical developments and uncertainties,” which primarily impacted “one customer in China.” It did not name the customer.
“We have seen a reduction in demand for products assembled for that customer,” it said.
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