{"id":237479,"date":"2026-01-17T04:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/237479\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T04:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:44:08","slug":"nvidia-h200-chip-parts-suppliers-halt-output-after-china-blocks-shipments-ft-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/237479\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia H200 chip parts suppliers halt output after China blocks shipments, FT reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Jan 16 (Reuters) &#8211; Suppliers of parts for <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/NVDA\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nvidia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nvidia<\/a>&#8216;s H200 have paused production after Chinese customs officials blocked shipments \u200bof the newly approved <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.yahoo.com\/ai\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:artificial intelligence;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence<\/a> processors from entering \u200cChina, the Financial Times reported on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Reuters could not immediately verify the report, \u200cwhich cited two people with knowledge of the matter. Nvidia did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Nvidia had expected more than 1 million orders from Chinese \u2060clients, the report said, \u200cadding that its suppliers had been operating around the clock to prepare for shipping as early as \u200dMarch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Chinese customs authorities this week told customs agents that Nvidia&#8217;s H200 chips are not permitted to enter the country, Reuters has reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">Sources have \u200balso said government officials summoned domestic tech firms to warn \u200cthem against buying the chips unless necessary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said authorities had not provided any reasons for their directives and had not given any indication whether this constitutes a formal \u2060ban or a temporary measure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">The H200, \u200bNvidia&#8217;s second most powerful AI chip, \u200bis one of the biggest flashpoints in current U.S.-Sino relations. Though there is strong demand from Chinese \u200dfirms, it remains \u2060unclear whether Beijing wants to ban it outright so that domestic chip companies can flourish, or is still chewing \u2060over restrictions, or could use those measures as a bargaining tactic in talks \u200cwith Washington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-vbsvxt\">(Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by \u200cJacqueline Wong and Edwina Gibbs)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan 16 (Reuters) &#8211; Suppliers of parts for Nvidia&#8216;s H200 have paused production after Chinese customs officials blocked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,363,364,140171,140170,66323,111,139,1042,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-237479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-customs-authorities","12":"tag-customs-officials","13":"tag-h200","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nvidia","17":"tag-nz","18":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}