WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - The chair of the Senate

Finance Committee on Monday said he was expanding its probe into

German automaker BMW's use of electronic components

from a banned Chinese supplier.

Last month, Senator Ron Wyden said BMW had imported at least

8,000 Mini Cooper vehicles into the United States with parts

from a Chinese supplier banned under a 2021 law and that BMW

continued to import products with the banned parts until at

least April.

On Monday Wyden, in a new letter to BMW North America CEO

Sebastian Mackensen, asked if the automaker has completed its

examination of its supply chain to determine whether other

products it imported contained parts from Chinese supplier

Sichuan Jingweida Technology Group (JWD).