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China is getting touchy again. Sources tell the FT that China has tightened customs checks on chip imports, starting with NVIDIA's H20 and RTX Pro 6,000D, after urging local tech companies to

avoid Nvidia products.

Quote, teams of customs officers have been mobilized at major ports across the country in the past

few weeks to carry out stringent checks on semiconductor shipments, according to three people

with knowledge of the matter.

The inspection started with the goal of ensuring

that local companies stop ordering NVIDIA's China-specific chips, following guidance from

Chinese regulators to discourage their purchase, said the people. One person said the checks had

been extended more recently to all advanced semiconductor products to also better target the smuggling

of high-end chips that breach U.S. export

curbs. Chinese customs had previously done little to prevent chip imports as long as appropriate

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