ROME, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Italy’s international ministry mentioned on Thursday america had sharply lowered proposed duties on a number of Italian pasta makers following a reassessment of their U.S. actions.
In October, america mentioned that 13 Italian pasta firms would face an additional 92% obligation – on high of the common 15% fee on most EU imports – from January 2026, accusing two producers specifically, La Molisana and Garofalo, of promoting pasta at unfairly low costs.
Nonetheless, after a evaluation, the U.S. Division of Commerce reduce the tariff for La Molisana to 2.26%, whereas Garofalo’s fee was set at 13.98%, the Italian international ministry mentioned in an announcement.
The remaining 11 producers, which weren’t individually examined in the evaluation, face a tariff of 9.09%.
“The recalculation of the duties is an indication that U.S. authorities recognise our firms’ constructive willingness to cooperate,” the international ministry mentioned.
It added that the complete conclusions of the U.S. evaluation could be launched on March 11, including that the ministry would proceed to supply assist to the businesses affected in the approaching 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 further 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)
