ROME, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Italy’s overseas ministry mentioned on Thursday the USA had sharply lowered proposed duties on a number of Italian pasta makers following a reassessment of their U.S. actions.
In October, the USA mentioned that 13 Italian pasta firms would face an additional 92% obligation – on prime of the common 15% price on most EU imports – from January 2026, accusing two producers particularly, La Molisana and Garofalo, of promoting pasta at unfairly low costs.
Nevertheless, after a assessment, the U.S. Division of Commerce minimize the tariff for La Molisana to 2.26%, whereas Garofalo’s price was set at 13.98%, the Italian overseas ministry mentioned in a press release.
The remaining 11 producers, which weren’t individually examined within the assessment, face a tariff of 9.09%.
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“The recalculation of the duties is an indication that U.S. authorities recognise our firms’ constructive willingness to cooperate,” the overseas ministry mentioned.
It added that the complete conclusions of the U.S. assessment could be launched on March 11, including that the ministry would proceed to offer assist to the businesses affected within the coming weeks.
The threatened pasta tariffs had been a humiliation to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who had hoped that her shut ties with U.S. President Donald Trump would defend Italian firms from any extra tariffs.
Italy’s complete pasta exports had been value over 4 billion euros ($4.7 billion) in 2024, in line with knowledge from nationwide statistics company ISTAT. The U.S. market was value nearly $800 million to Italian corporations.
(Reporting by Crispian Balmer; Enhancing by Ros Russell)
