If an item is shipped to a known freight forwarder and a bill of lading for export can be provided. Would the taxes still apply?
Translation ship them to Malaysia then to USA do I beat the trump tax.
Answer maybe you do.
Maybe you get caught.
May be a crime.
Now if bitmain was to ship multiple parts to Malaysia and the gear was assembled in Malaysia it may be 100% good to go. With no trump tax.
There are legal ways to avoid the tax. Pretty sure if you are a big player you can do it.
I have seen multiple listings for MOQ of 100 shipped from Malaysia.
I would worry if I did this as I suspect they are not avoiding the tax correctly.