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The US Bureau of Industry and Security published a correction on 8 November 2023 to a rule it had issued on 17 October 2023 revising the Validated End-User (VEU) authorisations for Samsung China Semiconductor Co. Ltd. and SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd. in the People's Republic of China. The correction fixes two omissions from the October rule: a missing word in the description of eligible items for SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd., and a failure to remove the standalone VEU entry for SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) following its merger into SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd. No substantive policy change is introduced; this is a technical and clerical correction only.

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Mechanism

The October 17, 2023 BIS rule (FR Doc 2023-22873 / 88 FR 71478) revised the VEU list for China as part of the broader advanced chip-controls expansion. As part of that package, BIS updated the VEU terms for the two Korean-owned fabs operating in China — Samsung China Semiconductor (Xi'an; NAND flash) and SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi; DRAM).

This November 8 correction addresses two specific drafting errors from that rule:

1. SK Hynix eligible-items description: A word was inadvertently omitted from the description of items eligible for export to SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd. The correction restores the intended scope.

2. SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) removal: The October 2023 rule failed to remove the standalone VEU entry for SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) after that entity merged into SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd. The correction removes the now-defunct Wuxi entry, consolidating both under the single China entity.

Context

Korean semiconductor manufacturers operating legacy fabs in China received VEU authorisations as part of the October 2022 and October 2023 export-control expansions, allowing them to continue receiving controlled equipment without individual export licences (subject to enhanced oversight conditions and one-year rolling authorization periods). These VEU authorisations were a key diplomatic accommodation for Seoul, balancing US chip-controls objectives against South Korea's significant industrial interests in China.

The Wuxi site (SK Hynix's primary China DRAM facility) and the Xi'an site (Samsung's primary China NAND facility) collectively represent a substantial share of both companies' legacy-node capacity. The legal consolidation of SK hynix Semiconductor (Wuxi) into SK hynix Semiconductor (China) Ltd. is an administrative step with no operational significance for production capacity or export-control compliance status.