Section 232 tariff on certain advanced computing chips starts

From Jan 15, 2026, CBP collects a 25% duty under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on the chips described in U.S. note 39, from every country, on top of the regular duty (heading 9903.79.01). It covers only goods classified in 8471.50, 8471.80 or 8473.30 that are "a logic integrated circuit, or an article that contains a logic integrated circuit" within the note's processing-performance and memory-bandwidth ranges. Other goods in those provisions are reported under heading 9903.79.02 and don't pay it.

Qualifying chips don't pay the duty when they are imported:

• "for use in U.S. data centers" (heading 9903.79.03)
• "for repairs or replacements performed in the United States" (9903.79.04)
• "for research and development in the United States involving these chips" (9903.79.05)
• "for use by startups in the United States" (9903.79.06)
• "for use in non-data center consumer electronics applications in the United States" (9903.79.07)
• "for use in non-data center civil industrial applications in the United States" (9903.79.08)
• "for use in United States public sector applications" (9903.79.09)

Note 39(d) defines the terms. No drawback is available. Goods that pay this duty don't also pay the Section 232 duties on cars, trucks and their parts or on steel, aluminum and copper (Proclamation 11002, clause 5; U.S. note 39(a)). Details are on the program page.