Reprisal could take the form of 100 percent duties on selected imports from India.

As a result, 100 percent duties are in effect on Japanese color television sets, calculators, power drills and small computers.

The products finally chosen will be charged a 100 percent duty when they enter the United States.

Earlier this year, the administration issued a preliminary finding that led to 198 percent duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China.

The Commerce Department had set the 6.5 percent countervailing duty a year ago.

United States residents may bring home $1,200 in goods free of duty, with the next $1,000 each subject to 5 percent duty.

Peerless's suits pay a 15 percent duty, down from 25 percent in 1989.

Men's are hit with an 18 percent duty, more than twice as much as women's.

The department slapped a 62.67 percent duty on the products.

"Agricultural machinery, for example, has an 8 percent duty in Israel," he said.