In a Proclamation issued on January 14, 2026, the White House announced that it was implementing a new 25% Section 232 import duty on certain semiconductors, semiconductor manufacturing equipment and their derivate products.

The Proclamation includes an annex that details the technical parameters of which semiconductors are subject to additional duty. The annex also reviews the exemptions headers for the Section 232 duties, which include exclusions for U.S. data centers, U.S. research and development, consumer electronics, industrial applications, and the public sector.

The Section 232 duties are part of a two-phase plan, and during this first phase, the U.S. will “continue ongoing trade negotiations with foreign jurisdictions that have the potential to strengthen the United States semiconductor industry.”

This proclamation will go into effect on January 15, 2026.

The “Adjusting Imports of Semiconductors, Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, and their Derivative Products into the United States” Proclamation can be found here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/adjusting-imports-of-semiconductors-semiconductor-manufacturing-equipment-and-their-derivative-products-into-the-united-states/

The Annex for the above proclamation can be read here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026SemiConductor.prc_.rel-ANNEX.pdf