Yageo is one of the world's largest passive component manufacturers, headquartered in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Resistors and MLCCs made in Taiwan face only the 10% Section 122 surcharge. China-manufactured Yageo parts face ~33%.
Yageo is headquartered in Taiwan, but most components are manufactured in Taiwan, China, Germany. For US customs purposes, the COO is where the component is manufactured — not where the company is based. Declaring Taiwan as COO when parts ship from Taiwan is a customs violation.
| Country | Sec 122 | Sec 301 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 10% | — | 10% |
| China | 10% | 50% | 60% |
| Germany | 10% | — | 10% |
* Section 301 rates shown for electronics HTS chapters (8541–8542). Rates vary by product.
| HTS Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 8533.21.0000 | Chip resistors (RC series) |
| 8532.22.0020 | MLCCs (CC series) |
| 8532.25.0000 | Film capacitors (PE series) |
Yageo Corporation is one of the three largest passive component manufacturers globally, alongside Murata and TDK. Headquartered in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Yageo manufactures resistors and MLCCs at its Kaohsiung and Nantou facilities in Taiwan, with high-volume commodity production at Dongguan and Suzhou in China. The 2019 acquisition of KEMET (US) and Pulse Electronics, and the 2020 acquisition of Bourns' EPCOS thin film business, expanded Yageo's product range to include film capacitors, wire-wound resistors, connectors, and magnetics. Film capacitors and EMC components from the German EPCOS (Roedermark) facility carry Germany COO (10%). Taiwan and Germany COO both face only the 10% Section 122 surcharge; China COO faces approximately 33-35%.
Yageo's primary product lines classify as follows: thick-film chip resistors (RC, AC series) under HTS 8533.21.0000; MLCCs (CC series) under HTS 8532.22.0020; film capacitors (PE, PF series) under HTS 8532.25.0000; tantalum capacitors under HTS 8532.24.0020; wire-wound resistors (RT series) under HTS 8533.29.0000; common mode chokes and magnetic components under HTS 8504.50.4000. For Taiwan-origin Yageo products: 10% Section 122, no Section 301. For China-origin Yageo products (Dongguan/Suzhou resistors and MLCCs): approximately 33-35% (10% Section 122 + Section 301 — passive components under List 3 at variable rates, typically 7.5–25% depending on exact HTS subheading).
Yageo is the dominant global supplier of commodity chip resistors, with Taiwan manufacturing as its primary production base for standard RC series (0402, 0603, 0805 case sizes, 1% and 5% tolerance). Taiwan COO at 10% Section 122 is the standard tariff rate for most Yageo resistors in US distribution. The RC0402FR-07100RL (100 ohm, 0402) and similar commodity values are the highest-volume components in the electronics industry by unit count. At $0.001–$0.005 per unit landed cost, the 10% duty on Taiwan-origin resistors adds $0.0001–$0.0005 per unit — negligible individually but worth optimizing at tens of millions of units per year in high-volume consumer electronics BOM.
Yageo's acquisition of KEMET in 2020 brought US-manufactured film capacitors (Greenville, SC), tantalum capacitors, and electrolytic capacitors into the portfolio. KEMET's US-manufactured products carry US COO and face zero tariff on domestic sale — relevant for US-assembled products using capacitor banks. KEMET tantalum capacitors (formerly made in Mexico and the US) maintain non-China COO. The former EPCOS thin-film and EMC component line (Roedermark, Germany) carries Germany COO at 10%. These acquisitions give Yageo's US distribution customers access to tariff-advantaged alternatives within the same vendor relationship for applications that previously specified China-COO KEMET products.
For standard resistor procurement from Yageo, Taiwan COO is the default for most catalog items ordered through authorized distribution (Digi-Key, Mouser, Arrow, TTI). China-origin Yageo resistors tend to appear in spot buys, non-authorized channels, or for specific high-volume custom reels. Buyers importing Yageo components should request the Certificate of Origin at the PO level and confirm that distributor stock is Taiwan-origin before clearing customs. Yageo MLCCs have a more complex COO mix: Taiwan for smaller 0201/0402 case sizes in specialty dielectrics; China for high-volume commodity X5R and X7R in larger case sizes. Designers building high-volume consumer products should model both COO scenarios into landed cost projections.
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