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The United States has conditional exemptions from reciprocal tariffs on products such as mobile phones, PCs, servers, and semiconductors

On April 12, 2025, at 10:36 pm Eastern Time, the US Customs and Border Protection issued a notice announcing further guidance on the US government's administrative order on the imposition of additional tariffs payable by imported goods on April 2, 2025, and the tariff-related administrative orders issued on April 7 and April 9. This includes tariff exemptions for computers, servers, smartphones, printers, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, wireless communication equipment (such as base stations, routers, etc.), memory, displays, semiconductor-related devices, integrated circuits and other products. A 22-page list of product exemptions on the White House's official website shows that if the US component of the goods originating in any country accounts for 20% or more of the total customs declaration price of the imported goods, "US ingredients" will not be subject to additional tariffs, and only non-US ingredients will be subject to reciprocal tariffs. (Jin Ten)