November 10, 2025 /SemiMedia/ — Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said China has informed the Netherlands that it will allow Nexperia to resume chip shipments from its China manufacturing facilities, signalling progress in easing stress across Europe’s auto semiconductor supply chain.

Nexperia, owned by China’s Wingtech, is headquartered in the Netherlands. China restricted exports from the company’s China site after the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs invoked a Cold War-era law in September to take temporary control over strategic decision-making at Nexperia.

European automakers have been pressing the Dutch government to resolve the issue, citing risks to production schedules as automotive MCU and power device procurement remained constrained.

Schoof said coordination among the Netherlands, Germany and the European Commission, along with direct talks between Dutch and Chinese officials, were key to this breakthrough. He added that legal proceedings involving Wingtech’s founder continue independently from the export resumption.