Despite growing acceptance of Japanese chips in the world, only 1 of the 10 largest American distributors carries Japanese products.

The Japanese chips in question are the PD780 and the PD780-1.

The new pact will not establish floor prices on certain Japanese chips, a provision contained in the old agreement.

The company has been one of the leaders in an industrywide effort to halt the predatory pricing, or dumping, of Japanese chips.

Under a new agreement, an elaborate system set up by the United States to assess the fair market value of Japanese chips is likely to be abandoned.

The result is that in the Japanese blue chips represented by the Nikkei 225, prices have fallen to the levels of early 1989.

His proclamation would hit at selected products that contain Japanese chips, avoiding popular products for which a 100 percent price hike would set off a howl.

(Instead of bread, crisp Japanese chips are served with a gently spiced red chilies dip upon your arrival.)

International The Southeast Asia gray market for Japanese chips has shrunk in recent weeks but remains significant, participants in the market say.

In 1986, it signed a trade agreement with Japan intended to raise prices of Japanese chips and help increase sales of American chips in Japan.