Taiwan Adds Huawei, SMIC, Hundreds More to Its Entity List
Taiwan added more than 600 companies to its list of those subject to stringent export license requirements, including major Chinese technology companies Huawei and SMIC.
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The firms were added June 10 to Taiwan’s Entity List, the “list of entities managed for export of strategic high-tech goods,” Taiwan’s International Trade Administration said this week, according to an unofficial translation. In total, the agency added 601 new entities “involved in arms proliferation activities,” including entities in Russia, Pakistan, Iran, Myanmar and mainland China.
Taiwan-based manufacturers and other companies need to obtain a “strategic high-tech goods export license” from the International Trade Administration "before exporting to controlled entities on the Entity List,” the agency said. Taiwanese customs authorities will “assist in border inspections,” and if a business tries to export to an entity on the list without a license, “the Customs will not release it.”
Taiwan also reminded manufacturers “to comply with export control regulations, fulfill their corporate verification obligations, and carefully assess transaction risks to avoid involvement in arms expansion activities. The department will continue to hold promotional briefings to help manufacturers understand export control regulations.”
The announcement comes about a month after Taiwan told the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security in public comments that it planned to strengthen its export controls over sensitive semiconductors and chip-related technology (see 2505300030). Taiwan said it was “willing” to work more closely with the U.S. to secure semiconductor supply chains and prevent “non-market behaviors from posing risks to global technological development and the international economic and trade order,” adding that it would “extend” export controls on semiconductors and take steps to “prevent the outflow of national critical technologies.”
Spokespeople for Huawei and SMIC didn't respond to requests for comment. China's embassy in Washington said: "Regarding Taiwan and Chinese companies, this is China's internal affairs, not a diplomatic issue." An embassy spokesperson directed questions to "the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and other relevant Chinese authorities."
Both Huawei (see 1905160072) and SMIC (see 2012180039) have been on the U.S. Entity List for years.