TARIFF TRACKER
Commerce opens a Section 232 investigation of semiconductor and SME imports
Commerce is investigating whether imports of semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment and derivative products affect national security. Comments are due by May 7, 2025.
Updated October 12, 2026
STATUS
Replaced
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Section 232
COUNTRIES
All countries
PRODUCT FAMILIES
Semiconductors/electronics, Industrial machinery
COVERED GOODS
Semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, SME components, semiconductor substrates and bare wafers, legacy chips, leading-edge chips, microelectronics and downstream derivative products containing semiconductors.
WHAT TO DO (OUR GUIDANCE, NOT LEGAL ADVICE)
Check whether your imported chips, semiconductor equipment, components, wafers or downstream electronics are within the investigation scope. If affected, consider submitting comments, data or analysis to BIS by May 7, 2025.
SOURCES
Bureau of Industry and Security notice, 90 FR 15950 (April 16, 2025)
QUOTES FROM THE SOURCE
Signed: "On April 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act (19 U.S.C. 1862)" (source)
Covered goods: "imports of semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and their derivative products. This includes, among other things, semiconductor substrates and bare wafers, legacy chips, leading-edge chips, microelectronics, and SME components." (source)
Covered goods: "Derivative products include downstream products that contain semiconductors, such as those that make up the electronics supply chain." (source)
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