Duty and Freight Add 1.9% to Semiconductors and Integrated Circuits From Malaysia

Malaysia shipped $11.1 billion of semiconductors and integrated circuits to U.S. buyers in 2025. USITC reported an effective calculated-duty rate of 1.0%, while measured freight added 0.9% of customs value — an additive 1.9% burden before domestic logistics. No country-specific unit value is available for this lane, so it is not ranked by landed unit cost.

• reported duty rate: 1.0%
• freight share: 0.9%
• total uplift: 1.9%

The alternatives, same arithmetic: Israel at 0.1% uplift, Ireland at 0.1% uplift, Costa Rica at 0.3% uplift. At least one listed lane has a lower duty-and-freight burden; total-cost ranking still requires comparable country-specific unit values.

The effective calculated-duty rate is USITC's reported calculated duty divided by the customs value covered by those duty observations for 2025; it is not a verified cash-payment amount or proof of any particular exclusion, quota, or trade-program claim. Freight is the lane's reported import-charges share of customs value. Reference data, not a customs quote.