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U.S. Slashes Proposed Antidumping Duties on Italian Pasta After Review

Commerce cites a post‑preliminary analysis finding exporters addressed concerns, setting a March deadline for final rates.

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A worker at the Italian pasta maker De Cecco's factory prepares pasta in Fara San Martino, Italy, November 29, 2021. Pasta makers are fearful of a substantial supply squeeze in the coming months after this summer's durum wheat price shock, as the market runs out of ways to offset a dire harvest in top exporter Canada. Picture taken November 29, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
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A staff member shows farfalle pasta on the production line of the Barilla factory. Barilla is one of 13 Italian pasta companies set to face higher tariffs on exports to the United States later this year.

Overview

  • Revised rates set La Molisana at about 2.26%, Garofalo near 13.98%, and the other 11 producers at roughly 9.09%, according to Italy’s foreign ministry.
  • The October plan for about 92% extra duties on 13 companies has been recalculated, easing the immediate threat of steep levies on top of the baseline 15% tariff on most EU imports.
  • Commerce plans to issue its final determination in mid‑March, with a possible 60‑day extension, and changes take effect only after those final results.
  • U.S. officials said Italian pasta makers addressed many concerns raised in the preliminary finding, which Italy framed as recognition of companies’ cooperation.
  • The 13 firms account for about 16% of U.S. pasta imports from Italy, and the U.S. market is worth roughly $770–800 million to Italian exporters.