Currently, the United States has an import duty exemption on graphics cards and GPUs imported from China, but the exemption will expire on December 31 of this year. So far, the US government has remained silent on whether to reinstate import tariffs. Should tariffs resume, US consumers are considering a 25% import tariff on graphics cards starting January 1, 2023.
There’s also no easy way around the fee, as it includes items like “circuit board assemblies,” which make up the unfinished logic board,” according to Tom’s Hardware. While not all graphics cards are made in China, most of graphics cards are now All made in China It’s possible that the move of NVIDIA’s fulfillment center from Hong Kong to Taiwan could have something to do with it as well, as NVIDIA will be shipping products from Taiwan, not China, depending on as US Customs Hong Kong ranks today.We should know what happens in a month, but a 25% import tariff on graphics cards will likely kill most sales as most people already find them overpriced. This will obviously affect AMD and Nvidia and their partners alike, unless they manufacture the graphics card outside of China.
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