Vishay Intertechnology is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with primary manufacturing in Israel, Germany, and Malaysia. Vishay is one of the largest discrete semiconductor and passive component manufacturers globally. Israel, Germany, and Malaysia-origin parts face only the 10% Section 122 surcharge.
Vishay Intertechnology is headquartered in United States, but most components are manufactured in Israel, Germany, China, Malaysia, India. For US customs purposes, the COO is where the component is manufactured — not where the company is based. Declaring United States as COO when parts ship from Israel is a customs violation.
| Country | Sec 122 | Sec 301 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 10% | — | 10% |
| Germany | 10% | — | 10% |
| China | 10% | 50% | 60% |
| Malaysia | 10% | — | 10% |
| India | 10% | — | 10% |
* Section 301 rates shown for electronics HTS chapters (8541–8542). Rates vary by product.
| HTS Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 8533.21.0000 | Chip resistors (CRCW, WSL series) |
| 8532.22.0020 | MLCCs (VJ series) |
| 8541.10.0000 | Diodes, Schottky, Zener (VS, SMAJ series) |
| 8541.29.0000 | MOSFETs (SiHBxx, Si series) |
Vishay Intertechnology operates one of the most geographically diverse manufacturing networks among passive component and discrete semiconductor suppliers, with production facilities in Israel (primary), Germany, Malaysia, China, India, Taiwan, the Czech Republic, and the US. The Israeli sites in Dimona (resistors, film capacitors) and Holon (semiconductors) are the company's technology anchor operations. Germany (Selb and Dachau) produces film capacitors and wirewound resistors under legacy Roedermark and Sprague brands. Malaysia (Penang) assembles diodes, rectifiers, and MOSFETs. China (Nantong, Tianjin, Dongguan) handles high-volume commodity production. The declared COO for US-imported Vishay parts varies significantly by product family and requires part-number-level verification.
Vishay's product range covers: thick-film chip resistors (CRCW series) under HTS 8533.21.0000; current sense resistors (WSL, WSLP series) under 8533.21.0000; MLCCs (VJ series) under 8532.22.0020; film capacitors (MKP, MKT series) under 8532.25.0000; TVS and Zener diodes (SMAJ, MMSZ series) under 8541.10.0000; MOSFETs (SiHBxx, VS-MOSFET) under 8541.29.0000. For Israel-origin Vishay parts: 10% Section 122, no Section 301. Germany-origin: 10%. Malaysia-origin: 10%. India-origin: 10%. China-origin Vishay commodity resistors and MLCCs (8533/8532): approximately 35% (10% Section 122 + 25% Section 301). China-origin Vishay diodes and MOSFETs (8541.10/8541.29): approximately 60% (10% Section 122 + 50% Section 301, effective Jan 1, 2025). Buyers must identify manufacturing site at the part-number level — Vishay's own product pages disclose manufacturing location for many families.
Vishay's resistor manufacturing legacy traces to the company's founding acquisition of Dale Electronics and Sprague. High-precision thin-film resistors (TNPW series, ±0.01% tolerance), current sense resistors (WSL, WSLT, PWR263 high-power), and high-voltage resistors (HV2512 series) are manufactured primarily in Israel (Dimona) or the US (Columbus, NE). These are non-China-COO products at 10% Section 122. Standard thick-film chip resistors (CRCW 0402, 0603, 0805 in commodity tolerances) are increasingly produced in China for cost competitiveness, carrying approximately 35% duty (8533 resistors are not subject to the elevated semiconductor rate). Precision analog designers and power supply engineers specifying Vishay thin-film or current sense products benefit from the Israel and US COO's lower tariff burden.
Vishay's discrete semiconductor portfolio — Schottky and rectifier diodes (VS-10BQ series), MOSFETs (SiHBxx, Si7336 series), Zener diodes (MMSZ series), and TVS diodes (SMAJ, SMF, SMBJ series) — is assembled primarily in Malaysia (Penang) and to some extent in Israel and Germany. Malaysia-origin Vishay discretes carry the 10% Section 122 rate. China assembly at Tianjin and Dongguan handles commodity jellybean components (1N4148, 1N4007, generic Schottky) — all classified under HTS 8541.10 and subject to the 50% Section 301 rate (60% total). A sourcing engineer specifying SMAJ26A TVS diodes for ESD protection should confirm whether the PO will be fulfilled from Malaysia or China stock — at $0.05 per unit, the 50% Section 301 differential represents $0.025 per unit, which becomes material at multi-million unit annual volumes.
Vishay's multi-country manufacturing model means that the same part number may have qualifying production at multiple sites with different COOs. Buyers should request Vishay's Certificate of Origin for each PO and specify preferred or mandatory COO when tariff sensitivity is high. Vishay's authorized distributor partners (Digi-Key, Mouser, Arrow, TTI, Avnet) may stock a mix of China-origin and non-China-origin Vishay inventory for the same part. At the commodity level (standard CRCW chip resistors, VJ MLCCs), China-origin Vishay parts are common in distributor stock and will carry the higher tariff rate. For cost-sensitive high-volume applications, buyers should evaluate second-sourcing from Yageo (Taiwan, 15%), KOA Speer (Japan/Malaysia, 15%), or Panasonic (Japan, 15%) for commodity resistor values where the tariff premium is the primary cost driver.
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