Proposed Tariffs On Italian Pasta Won’t Happen After All | EUROtoday

ROME, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Italy’s international ministry mentioned on Thursday the United States had sharply lowered proposed duties on a number of Italian pasta makers following a reassessment of their U.S. actions.

In October, the United States mentioned that 13 Italian pasta corporations would face an additional 92% responsibility – on high of the common 15% price on most EU imports – from January 2026, accusing two producers specifically, La Molisana and Garofalo, of promoting pasta at unfairly low costs.

However, after a assessment, the U.S. Department of Commerce lower the tariff for La Molisana to 2.26%, whereas Garofalo’s price was set at 13.98%, the Italian international ministry mentioned in an announcement.

The remaining 11 producers, which weren’t individually examined within the assessment, face a tariff of 9.09%.

“The recalculation of the duties is a sign that U.S. authorities recognise our companies’ constructive willingness to cooperate,” the international ministry mentioned.

It added that the total conclusions of the U.S. assessment could be launched on March 11, including that the ministry would proceed to supply 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 protect Italian corporations from any further tariffs.

Italy’s whole pasta exports had been value over 4 billion euros ($4.7 billion) in 2024, in keeping with information from nationwide statistics company ISTAT. The U.S. market was value virtually $800 million to Italian corporations.

(Reporting by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Ros Russell)