The Dutch government took control of Netherlands-based Nexperia in late September, citing concerns its technology could be passed on to Chinese owner Wingtech. Beijing retaliated by halting exports of finished Nexperia chips packaged at the plant in the Pearl River Delta.

“The Dutch thought they had seized Nexperia, but they only took over an office building,” said Li Xing, a professor of international relations at the Guangdong Institute for International Strategies, a think tank.

Nexperia resumed sales to some domestic distributors in late October but required payment in yuan

Austria’s Melecs and Apple supplier JABIL have managed to source chips from Nexperia. Both have used Chinese entities, allowing them to settle in yuan, the two people briefed on the matter said.