RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE THEIR CONSULTATIONS ON THE TRADE
OF THE METAUX








MOSCOW, March 13.  / Corr.  RIA " Novosti " Alexandre IVACHTCHENKO /.
the Russian ministry of the economic Development and the Trade will
subject the next week to the department Commercial of the United
States its proposals on the opening of a new round of consultations on
the problems of the sale of Russian products metallurgic on the market
americain, according to spokesman's of the Russian ministry which A
stresses that Russia intends to be able to carry out the consultations
has mid-April.




Moscow proposes to examine the problems referring itself has the
overall agreement between Russia and the United States on the trade of
the metaux sign in July 1999 has Paris for one five years duration.
The document exposes the conditions of sale by Russia of 15 types of
metaux on the market americain.  In conformity with the agreement,
Russia delivered to the United States of steel hot rolls.  In 2000, it
could deliver 325 000 tons of them but, according to estimates' of the
experts, the figures note last year are appreciably inferieurs.




Now, Russian exports of steel hot rolls towards the United States are
gelees because of the price.  Moscow known as able to deliver 465 000
tons into 2001 of them and proposes in the United States to not only
buy some within the limit of the quotas advertisements but also to
accept volumes which do not have ete provided last year.




The consultations precedentes on the trade of metaux took place last
December has Geneva, without succeeding has concrete results.