The stories have created a perception that all defenders are overworked and have to "dump cases".

They don't feel good about having high-profile cases dumped on them.

As your editorial notes, the task of calculating truly comparable net prices for home market and export market goods in dumping cases is very difficult.

Dressed in colonial garb, they dumped cases of imported beer into the street "to dramatize the declaration of beer independence," C. James Koch, the chief executive, said.

Defendants in dumping cases are obliged to provide enormous amounts of information on the prices they charge and, frequently, on their costs of production.

It is likely that this competence will be extended to deal with dumping cases.

Vietnamese officials warn that dumping cases could hurt the regulatory environment for American businesses and cause layoffs at garment factories, where most workers are low-income women.

In the last two years, the Government has obtained settlements in 67 dumping cases and has collected $2.3 million in penalties - more than in the previous 10 years combined.

One Federal study found that foreign countries took action in only 2 of 111 dumping cases referred to them by the United States.

The Florida growers then filed a separate complaint with the Commerce Department, which rules on dumping cases, and finally seemed headed to victory.