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US says Nvidia H200 shipments to China are still very limited
The Commerce Department approved purchases by about 10 Chinese firms for 2026, but the US says only very few shipments have occurred against those licenses.
Nvidia has shipped only very few H200 artificial intelligence chips to mainland China and Hong Kong, according to Jeffrey Kessler, the US Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, speaking at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing reported by SCMP Economy.
Kessler said the shipments represent the first deliveries since the United States approved certain sales, while emphasizing that the “bottom line” is limited shipments compared with the licenses granted for the H200 and comparable processors.
US President Donald Trump cleared the sale of Nvidia’s H200 chips to China in December, and the Commerce Department approved around 10 Chinese firms to purchase the processors this year, including Tencent and ByteDance, SCMP Economy reported.
Kessler said for the American people, the key issue is that shipments have been minimal relative to the number of licenses issued for H200s and equivalents.