Avnet's commitment to supply chain security

1. How does Avnet administer tariff recovery during ordering and invoicing?

As a customer, your company can expect the following processes:

• New orders: While we cannot accept orders specifying Country of Origin (COO), we will provide COO at the time of order confirmation, when available.
• Tariff Recovery Charges: Avnet quotes include an estimated tariff recovery charge based upon Avnet’s costs from Section 232, Section 301, Section 122, and other tariffs and duties.

2. How does Avnet’s quoting process address tariffs?

Avnet continues to align and collaborate closely with supplier partners to identify impacted products, evaluate alternative COO options and provide COO information as early in the quoting process as possible. This ensures you have the information required to make the best decisions for your business.

Our quoting tool enables our team to identify products that exclusively or potentially originate from tariff-relevant countries. Your company will receive a legend on your quote, at the part-number level, outlining items impacted or potentially impacted based on COO and Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) codes. For example, we can share the following:

• Section 301 tariff List # (i.e., List 1, List 2, List 3 or List 4)
• Whether the COO or HTS information is known, unknown or mixed
• What tariff charges will be applied, could potentially be applied or will not be applied

As our suppliers enhance their reporting, we integrate any new information and continuously improve the data we provide.

3. Can you provide my company with information on alternative devices to help reduce tariff charges?

Yes, with our diverse line card and support teams, we can provide your company with alternative solutions. We can redirect you to another approved vendor list (AVL) part and leverage our inventory in different global regions to fulfill your needs. For your future designs, Avnet provides complete and turnkey design capabilities that can take your idea from specification to production, using products not subject to tariffs.

4. Does Avnet increase credit limits to customers to accommodate tariff charges?

Based on the impact that the Sections 122, 232 and 301 tariffs have on your company’s overall business, our Credit department takes tariff recovery charges into consideration and adjusts customer credit limits, where and when we determine necessary.

For any additional questions not addressed on this page, please contact your Avnet representative.

Avnet is committed to minimizing customer impact and business disruption while driving supply chain security. Please work with your Avnet team on optimal tariff mitigation strategies that best address your business needs. Our solutions include:

• Mitigating tariff recovery charges for export customers: Avnet can mitigate charges when products qualify for and enter our FTZ and are shipped outside the U.S. to customers by in-bond shipping methods.

• Avnet itemized tariff recovery charge: Final tariff charges are included on standard invoices customers receive today. If no tariff recovery charge is quoted, Avnet reserves the right to impose applicable charges when Avnet incurs tariff-related costs, or as additional COO information is known. Quoted pricing may not include applicable federal, state, or local sales, use, or other taxes or import duties imposed on Avnet or its suppliers.

  Avnet continues to monitor the implementation of tariffs and their impact on the supply chain, adjusting our recovery charges when appropriate. If you have any questions about our invoicing process, please contact your Avnet representative.

• Offer customers products/solutions not impacted by tariffs: With one of the industry’s most comprehensive electronics manufacturer portfolios, Avnet ships 235 billion units every year. Let’s collaborate so our experts can help you reduce tariff charges. Our team can deliver the following support:
  • Review your Bill of Materials (BOM) and provide you with alternative non-tariff relevant products from Avnet’s diverse line card. We can redirect your company to another AVL product and leverage our vast inventory in different global regions to fulfill your needs.
  • With 2,500+ engineers globally, we can provide your company with a broad range of complete and turnkey design services to help identify alternative products that minimize tariff impact while ensuring the best fit for your project requirements.

Avnet’s section 301 mitigation solutions for tariffs enacted by the U.S. government for specific goods imported into the U.S. with the country of origin (COO) China, include the following:

• List 1 products with 25% tariffs, effective July 6, 2018
• List 2 products with 25% tariffs, effective August 23, 2018
• List 3 products with 25% tariff, effective May 10, 2019
• List 4 products with 7.5% tariff, effective February 14, 2020

On May 14, 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced new and increased Section 301 tariffs on specific items through 2024, 2025 and 2026. As part of this action, certain USTR-designated semiconductors were subject to a tariff increase from 25% to 50%, effective January 1, 2025. In addition, the USTR imposed additional tariff increases, effective January 1, 2026.

For additional information on Section 301 tariffs, visit the U.S. Trade Representative website.

On March 8, 2018, the U.S. President imposed Section 232 tariffs under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. These specific charges apply to imported goods containing steel and aluminum that can be deemed a threat or impairment to national security.

Avnet administers Section 232 tariff recovery charges in compliance with government requirements and employs mitigation strategies to help our customers incur the lowest possible tariff impact.

For additional information on Section 232 tariffs, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce (BIS) website.

The U.S. government imposed a global 10% import surcharge under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, effective February 24, 2026. This temporary surcharge can remain in effect for up to 150 days unless Congress authorizes a longer period.

Avnet administers Section 122 tariff charges in compliance with government requirements.

For additional information on the Section 122 tariff, refer to the White House fact sheet.