Overview
- The Commerce Department replaced the planned punitive add-on with differentiated rates: La Molisana at about 2.26% (≈2.3%), Garofalo at about 13.98% (≈14%), and eleven other producers at about 9.09% (≈9.1%).
- The move reverses an earlier plan to impose roughly 91–92% in additional duties starting in January on top of the existing 15% tariff on most EU goods.
- A Commerce representative said the updated analysis found many initial concerns addressed, leaving the definitive decision pending on March 12.
- Italy welcomed the change as recognition of companies’ cooperation after diplomatic efforts, following U.S. complaints about untranslated terms and undefined abbreviations in submissions.
- The U.S. market accounts for roughly €671 million in Italian pasta sales annually, while the White House also postponed planned tariff increases on certain furniture categories by a year.