Hmm, the "specifically ASIC chips" is a questionable area as China has NO advanced Foundries capable of producing 16nm and under chips. TSMC is Taiwanese-owned company and all of their advanced foundries are located in Taiwan. If you want to do business with TSMC don't even suggest to them as a joke that they (Taiwan) are part of China....
True Bitmain, Canaan, and others contracted TSMC to make their chips but technically the chips are not Made In China.
Yea, sorry I'm not familiar with manufacturing of components. Marketing yes, customs no. Conference call tomorrow with a local and national pro in the import export world. If we don't have to worry about chips that will be less to work though with them but maybe more on our back end to recover funds for chip buyers pending discussions tomorrow. I would assume that country of origin matters quite a bit, but i'll pass along after this post ensure this is asked. Notably it will help players in our world country like sidehack and other resellers. Of course mfb as well and importantly all buyers who can facilitate their own orders.