Overview
- Commerce’s preliminary anti-dumping finding targets 13 Italian producers and would add about 92% to the existing 15% EU tariff, pushing the combined rate near 107%.
- The earliest the higher duties could take effect is January, and the Commerce Department says the decision is not final.
- Specialty retailers from Long Island and the Bronx to Colorado Springs report stockpiling Italian pasta and advising customers to buy ahead of possible increases.
- Illustrative price estimates show a $1.99 box of Barilla rising to about $4.11 and a $2.99 bag of Rummo to roughly $6.19 under the proposed rate.
- The White House says exporters can submit requested data that could cut the duty to roughly 7%–10%, while Italy’s Coldiretti rejects the dumping claims and warns U.S.-bound sales could be wiped out.