Japanese Computer Screen Maker Stops Exporting to U.S.

Japan’s Hosiden Corp., a leading electronics parts maker, will stop exporting advanced liquid crystal computer screens to the United States after a move to impose stiff, anti-dumping duties on the products.

However, U.S. computer makers that use Hosiden screens will not be left short. Hosiden said its U.S. customers, including Apple Computer, will shift their laptop production to factories in Europe and Asia, where they will receive shipments of Hosiden screens.

The tariffs were imposed after the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that certain flat display screens used in laptop computers had been sold at unfairly low prices in the United States that undercut prices charged by domestic manufacturers. Apple said it has studied the possibility of shifting its laptop production overseas from Fremont, Calif., but has not reached a final decision.