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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 12, 1993                   TAG: 9302120274
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: A-9   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

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U.S. ACCUSES BRITAIN OF STEEL RAIL DUMPING

Britain is selling steel rail in the United States below fair market value, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

The decision, which affects imports of new steel rail estimated at $16.2 million, establishes temporary tariffs that will increase the price of the product by nearly 70 percent.

The International Trade Commission has 45 days to determine whether the imports damage or threaten to injure the domestic industry. If so, the tariffs would be made permanent.

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