Japanese makers of computer displays may face higher anti-dumping duties

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Sharp Corp and Hosiden Electronics Co have been found by US trade investigators to be understating flat-panel display costs, leaving out administrative and research and development expenses in determining their products' prices in the US market. The Commerce Department is scheduled to come up with a final determination on Jul 8, 1991 on whether higher anti-dumping duties will be prescribed. In its initial recommendation in Feb 1991, Commerce imposed a 4.6 percent anti-dumping duty on Sharp's imports, 1.46 percent for Toshiba Corp and 2.33 percent for other Japanese imports. No additional duties were recommended for Hosiden and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. With the results of the investigation, the Advanced Display Manufacturers of America, the group which petitioned for the investigation, expect the dumping margins to rise to 'double digits.' Japanese flat-panel display imports in the US total $100 million annually. With the advent of high-definition television, the market could become a multibillion-dollar industry. The Japanese corporations in question have denied the allegations. Sharp has argued that the research funds being questioned were used for other types of display technologies.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Computer peripherals industry, International competition (Economics), Flat panel displays, Investigations, Sharp Corp. (Osaka, Japan), Japanese Competition, Import, Flat Panel Display, Investigation, Dumping, Commercial, Hosiden Electronics

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U.S. may loosen proposed rules on the export of supercomputers

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The US Department of Commerce appears to be willing to rethink its proposed regulations on the export of supercomputers. Manufacturers of supercomputers complained loudly that the proposed restriction that would have placed performance thresholds at 100- and 300 megaflops were grossly out of date. They also complain that as much as 50 percent of their income is derived from overseas sales, and the restrictions would devastate their sales in a worldwide market with increasing competition from Europe and Japan. Industry representatives called the standards anachronistic, saying the next year will see desktop systems that will blast past the 500 megaflop boundary with ease. In response one Commerce Department spokesman says, 'The regulatory regime clearly has to be more flexible.'

Admin. of general economic programs, Computer industry, International aspects, Supercomputers, Supercomputer

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U.S. considers easing export restraints on technological gear to the East bloc

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The US government is considering easing restrictions on exports of computers, telecommunications equipment and other important products to Eastern Europe, benefitting Hungary, Poland and other Eastern countries, but not the Soviet Union. The initiative was motivated by requests from Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia for easier access to Western technology. Pressures from West European allies has also prompted the US to relax technological export rules. The Department of Commerce may consider exports on a case-by-case basis, allowing specific shipments to enter, but excluding others. Each Eastern country would make arrangements with Western suppliers for preventing goods from being used in unauthorized ways.

Purchasing, Computers, Digital computers, Telecommunications systems, Eastern Europe, Restraint of trade, Telecommunication systems, Telecommunications, Europe, Eastern

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