TE Connectivity Force Majeure Notification letter regarding Export Control over Certain Items Related to Medium and Heavy Rare Earths
Dear Valued Partner,
As a result of the announcement by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs on new export restrictions affecting the availability of certain medium and heavy rare earth products, we unfortunately have to inform you that we foresee a negative impact on our ability to procure materials from our supply base in the region. TE Connectivity (TE) is actively working on assessing the full scope of materials impacted and will endeavor to provide lists of impacted products, as they become available, upon your request. Such list are subject to change as the impact analysis progresses.
As the above situation is beyond our reasonable expectation and control, TE Connectivity companies (“TE”) must respectfully advise that these circumstances (i) render TE’s performance practically and/or commercially impossible, and (ii) constitute a Force Majeure event under applicable agreements between TE and its customers and their respective affiliates. As such, TE will not accept any responsibility (including, but not exclusively, the responsibility for financial costs) for any resulting line-down or other supply chain-related charges such as premium freight.
TE is actively monitoring the situation and is working to explore options to minimize the impact to your supply chain and where feasible is actively looking for available alternatives, however, please be aware that increased costs are likely and as such we reserve the right to update product pricing accordingly. We will keep you updated on our progress and any further developments.
If you have further questions regarding your specific order, please contact your regional sales representative & assigned TE Sales & Customer Service Team.
We thank you in advance for your understanding.
Sean Miller
Vice President
Global Channel Sales
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