Trump’s tariff for most technology products, even those in China, declined, according to a new executive, the Trump administration presented Friday night.
The last thing is “clarification of exceptions” for the former Trump order on April 2, regarding the well -known goods imported to the United States from China. This raised definitions on Chinese goods to 125 percent. These 125 percent definitions are still in place, but it reduces the tariff for a wide range of computer industry, as well as smartphones.
Basically, it provides relief for computers and buyers, which have already been afflicted at high prices on computers and components.
Specifically, the arrangement excludes several categories of the products on the woven tariff schedule (HTSUS), which in turn provides an internal text description that PF products were imported to the United States “in the executive arrangement 14257, stated that some goods are not subject to advertisement Trump’s order stipulates the rates of duty under this matter, “One of these invested products is” semiconductors. “
In a post on Truth Social Web on Sunday afternoon, Trump denied that the technology industry was receiving a wholesale exemption. “There was no tariff exception on Friday.” These products are subject to the current fentanel definitions by 20 %, and they only move to a “different tariff” bucket, “Trump wrote.
Trump said the government “will look” on semiconductors and the entire electronics supply chain. Currently, the customs tariff for the products specified by 20 percent.
Details of the invested products
It includes one of the listed sub -addresses, 8473.30, “spare parts and accessories” of “automatic data processing machines” such as computers. These “parts and accessories” specifically describe memory units. (In this case, Trump’s order is listed by the sub -title as 847330, with the exception of the decimal point.)
The list mainly includes computers and servers; Smartphones components such as motherboard, processors and memory; Guidance and key devices; And devices with the media registered on them, and more. The menu also includes the 8542 category, covering “electronic integrated circuits”, lamps, transistors, and machines to produce semiconductor and components.
Although the Trump administration seems to have completely pulled the definitions of all these devices, based on the “exceptions” of request lists, Trump’s function denies this.
The full exceptions menu can be found on USitc.gov. Exceptions include the following categories:
- 8471
- 847330
- 8486
- 85171300
- 85176200
- 85235100
- 8524
- 85285200
- 85411000
- 85412100
- 85412900
- 85413000
- 85414910
- 85414970
- 85414980
- 85414995
- 85415100
- 85415900
- 85419000
- 8542
The Trump administration was scheduled to apply a 25 percent chip tariff on chip imports by April 2, but it did not. The president later stated that the chips tariff will be issued “much higher” for a year.
Unfortunately, Trade Minister Howard Lootnick said after one day. “They are exempt from mutual tariffs, but they are included in a semiconductor tariff, which will likely come for a month or two,” said hosts Jonathan Karl from ABC this week. USA today.
This story was updated on April 13 at 7:32 pm with additional information.