XDCAM 1080p25 Export Pixelation

i have edited a 5 minute video in FCP using ProRes422 footage in a ProRes422 sequence. my client wants an XDCAM EX file. The "Video Processing" settings of my project and sequence are set to "Render in 8-bit YUV", once the render is done i have made the XDCAM EX 1080p25 export, i look at the finished export and i find a lot of pixelated parts in the video.
What could be causing this? i know that XDCAM is not a great codec, but that is what my client wants and there is no way around that.

+>Why is this?+
Because XDCAM HD is natively a 1440x1080 format (non square pixels).

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