By: Brian Walczyk, Compliance Manager, TradeInsights, LCB, CCS

President Trump issued a proclamation late on January 14 issuing tariffs on certain semiconductors and their derivatives, as seen in the proclamation’s annex.

The 25% tariffs are set to start today, January 15, 2026, on certain semiconductor products, though there are a wide array of specific carve-outs removing the tariffs.

Semiconductor Sec 232 tariffs will take precedent over other Sec 232 tariffs, and they will not stack with IEEPA Reciprocal, IEEPA Canada, or IEEPA Mexico tariffs.

The carve-outs include semiconductors used “in United States data centers, for repairs or replacements performed in the United States, for research and development in the United States involving these chips, for startups in the United States, for non-data center consumer applications in the United States, for use in non-data center civil industrial applications in the United States, for use in United States public sector applications, or for other uses that the Secretary determines contribute to the strengthening of the United States technology supply chain or domestic manufacturing capacity for derivatives of semiconductors.” The annex defines each of the qualifying carve-outs.

Further, US CBP issued CSMS # 67400472 for guidance on how trade is to implement these new tariffs.

We will continue to monitor this situation and issue updates as needed.

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