Canada's action, which placed tariffs ranging from 4.5 percent to 124.2 percent on American steel, was also an effort to bolster Canada's case to recognize the integrated nature of the North American steel market and help reduce the threat of further conflicts.

They were given minimum tariffs ranging from 14 to 18 years.

The Government today levied tariffs ranging from 4.5 percent to 27.2 percent on the manufacturers.

The new tax regulations, announced by the commerce secretary on Monday, say that maquiladoras, barring certain exemptions, will have to pay tariffs ranging from 2 percent to 25 percent on imported components from countries other than the United States and Canada - Mexico's North American Free Trade Agreement partners.

Imports sometimes cost the retailers less than competitive domestic models in spite of tariffs ranging from 5 to 14 percent.

The domestic industry received some relief late last month when the Commerce Department imposed tariffs ranging from 28 to 46 percent of the wholesale price on Chinese-made televisions with screens 20 inches or larger.

Now, any product can be sold whatever its origin; the only barrier is a common external tariff ranging between 5% and 20%.

It assessed preliminary tariffs ranging from 25.82 percent for a British company to 167.31 percent for a Brazilian company.

The company is asking the Commerce Department to penalize steel from the offending exporters with tariffs ranging from 33 to 274 percent of the selling price.

That is because the tariff of 2.5 percent on a fully assembled imported car compares favorably with tariffs ranging from 4 to 8 percent for imported parts that do not go directly to a foreign trade zone.