‘_ Issued by the American depart- 1

II Ellie omen». Thurs. Aug. 9, 1982.

. Steel Imports. Cause Concern To U.S. Mills

NEW YORK (AP)--—'l‘he U.S.

troubles. was embroiled" Wed- needay in an argument over for- lnto to

At issue is whether. as some eteelmakers contend. me I from overseas mills "dumped" in the U.S.-— lold at below economic prices.

In Washington. a customs bureau spokesman said a com- pany he would not identify for- mally complained in May that steel and France had been sold in the United States at below fair prices. He said the complaints have concerned the domestic industry in recent years. par- ticularly those of reinforcing bars tor construction. pipe and wire products.

GAP WIDENED IN l9iil

In 1961. the gap between im- ports and steel 1.200.000 tons and threatens this year to reach 2.000.000 tons. Be- fore 1359. the US. consistently was a net exporter of steel. us- ually by a wide margin. -

As applied by the customs. bureau. present statutes gen-‘ erally are consrued to prohibit » sale of foreign - made steel in the U.S. at prices below those charged in the country of menu ‘ facsture.

There have hcen widespread reports that foreign-made steel was selling at .ow U.S. prices. In recent months. some overseas firms have underbid Iomestic companies on govern- ment steel business.

In 1961. Belgium and Luxem- bourg producers combined led in sales from abroad to U.S. customers. followed by Japan and West Germany.

British Lead ‘ As Immigrants

OTTAWA (CPW —For the first lime since 1958, Britons re- placed Italians as the main source of immigrants to Canada in the first six months of this year. the immigration depart- ment reported Wednesday.

During the six months 6,963‘ Immigrants arrived In (‘.anada_ from Britain. an increase of‘ 780 compared with the corres- ponding period last year.

ltalian immigrants totalled 0.618. down from 7.314 in thel first halt‘ of 1961.

Immigrants from Italy were the main source of newcomers

in 1958. I959. liitiil and 1961. Prior to 58. British arrivals he ded tiie list of Immigrants.

Total immigration in the first . nix months of 1962 was 34.061. down from 36,782 in the Janu- ary-June period last year.

Lumbermen Oppose U.S. Import Cut

OTTAWA t(,!l"i —- The Cana- dian Lumhermen'n Association laid Wednesday there is no evi-

producers ju stify restriotions "of any kind" on Canadian softwood ex- ports to the In a prepared statement, the association. repre sen ting a large majority of the Canadian lumber industry, said: not begging the

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most Americans would not want to place us In that post- tton

"Their experts tell us they need our lumber and will con tlnu'e.t.o need it.

"We can supply the host at the best price and as the top customer of the U.S.A. we have I right to ask that we be al- lowed to continue selling lum-. her at the present rate of pro-j (ression, and even at an ac-1 celerated tempo. if this is nec-‘ essary to satisfy American do-j mand for lumber and wood pro- I ducts." 7

ASK! CO0L-OFF PERIOD The association called for an immediate imposition of a cool- ing-oft’ period in the Canada- U.S. lumber dispute. ‘ The statement said Canada does not export enough lumber to the U.S. to (Ill the gap be- tween American production capabilities and the American consumption rate. "If one looks at the figures

realize that Canadian imports

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