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Japan to restrict chipmaking equipment exports as it aligns with U.S. China curbs

2023.03.30 23:29


© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Semiconductor chips are seen on a printed circuit board in this illustration picture taken February 17, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s government on Friday said it plans to restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, aligning its technology trade controls with a U.S. push to curb China’s ability to make advanced chips.

The trade and industry minister in a press release said it will impose export controls on six categories of equipment used in chip manufacturing, including cleaning, deposition, lithography and etching. It did not specify China as the target of those measures, saying equipment makers will need to seek export permission for all regions.

“We are fulfilling our responsibility as a technological nation to contribute to international peace and stability,” the ministry said, adding that its goal was to stop advanced technology being used for military purposes.

The export restrictions, which will come into force in July, are likely to affect equipment manufactured by a dozen Japanese companies, such as Nikon (OTC:) Corp Tokyo Electron Ltd, Screen Holdings Co Ltd and Advantest Corp.

“We expect the impact on domestic companies to be limited,” Japan’s industry minister, Yasutoshi Nishimura, said at a news briefing. “We don’t have one specific country in mind with these measures.”

Tokyo’s decision, nonetheless, comes after the U.S. in October imposed sweeping restrictions on chipmaking tool exports to China citing concerns that Beijing planned to use advanced semiconductors to enhance its military power. Washington, however, needs Japan and the Netherlands, which are key suppliers of such equipment, to join it to make those restrictions effective.

Japan and the Netherlands in January agreed join the U.S. in restrict chipmaking equipment exports to China that could be used to manufacture sub-14 nanometre chips, but did not announce the pact to avoid provoking Beijing, sources earlier said. Tokyo has never publicly acknowledged that there was an agreement.

A nanometre, or one-billionth of a meter, refers to a specific semiconductor industry technology, with fewer nanometres generally meaning the chip is more advanced.

The Netherlands’ government in a letter to the country’s parliament this month also said it plans to restrict chipmaking equipment exports. Dutch company ASML Holding (NASDAQ:) NV dominates the market for lithography systems used to create the minute circuitry of chips.

China, which has accused the U.S. of being a “tech hegemony” because of its export restrictions, urged the Netherlands “not to follow export control measure by certain countries”.

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