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SMIC Expects Revenue Hit From New US Chip Controls

China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation is expecting its fourth quarter revenue this year to drop by 13% to 15% due in part to new U.S. export controls, the company said in an earnings release last week. SMIC said the drop…

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in revenue is because “customers need time to interpret the newly released US export control rules” and “due to the weak demand in the mobile phone and consumer market.” The new controls, announced by the Commerce Department last month (see 2210070049), will “have an adverse impact on our production and operation,” SMIC said. “We have maintained close communications with suppliers, while the clarification of some definitions in the new rules and the assessment of impact on the Company are still in progress.”