The Trump administration has released new guidance from US Customs and Border Protection, which states that smartphones, computers, chips, and other electronics are exempt from reciprocal tariffs.
The updated tariff guidance specifies exclusions for various electronic devices and components, such as semiconductors, solar cells, flat panel television displays, flash drives, memory cards, and solid-state drives utilized for data storage.
The advice follows Trump’s recent decision to implement 145% tariffs on goods from China, a step likely to impact tech companies such as Apple, which produces iPhones and the majority of its other items in China.
The exclusions, released on Friday, limit the range of the levies by omitting the products from reciprocal tariffs on almost all other nations.
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On Wednesday, President Trump declared a 90-day halt on his reciprocal tariff initiatives for nations that opted for discussions instead of reprisals. In contrast, Trump has enacted a broad 125% tariff on all imports from China.
The US President stated in a Truth Social post that after last week’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs, over 75 countries have contacted the United States for discussions and have refrained from retaliating against the decision.
On April 2, the President of the United States announced his plan for “reciprocal tariffs,” where the US would levy tariffs on other countries that are about half the rate those countries impose on the US. He established a 10% worldwide tariff on numerous countries and vowed to implement much higher “reciprocal” tariffs on April 9 for countries he alleges have “defrauded” America.
