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US chipmakers which outsource manufacturing will be exempt from China’s retaliatory tariffs on US imports, according to a notice by the main Chinese semiconductor association on Friday.
Given the highly specialised and multi-country nature of chip supply chains, there was uncertainty within the industry about how tariffs would be applied to chip imports.
“For all integrated circuits, whether packaged or unpackaged, the declared country of origin for import customs purchases is the location of the wafer fabrication plant,” the state-backed China…
