Taiwan chip giant sees no production hit from China curb on rare metals

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TAIPEI: Taiwan's chip giant TSMC said on Thursday (Jul 6) it did not expect any direct effect on production from China's latest export controls on two rare metals essential for making semiconductors. China's Ministry of Commerce and Customs announced on Monday that exports of gallium and germanium will req

TAIPEI: Taiwan's chip giant TSMC said on Thursday it did not expect any direct effect on production from China's latest export controls on two rare metals essential for making semiconductors.

"After evaluation, we do not expect the export restrictions on raw materials gallium and germanium will have any direct impact on TSMC's production," the company said in a statement. Home not just to TSMC, self-ruled Taiwan is the world's primary manufacturing base of semiconductors, a dominance that has become more pronounced given the global demand for microchips and China's increasingly strained relations with the island.

"Taiwan imports the refined materials so the short-term impact is limited," she told reporters on Tuesday.

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