Daily Voice
By Cecilia Levine From Daily Voice
Mangia while you can.
More than a dozen of Italy’s top pasta brands may soon vanish from American grocery shelves as tariffs totaling 107% take effect — a move that could make selling their products in the US nearly impossible, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
The new duties combine America’s 15% tariff on European Union goods with a 92% penalty from a US trade probe accusing Italian pasta makers of undercutting American competitors.
In a recent antidumping investigation, the US Department of Commerce found that two major producers — La Molisana and Pasta Garofalo — sold pasta in the United States for less than fair market value. Officials said both companies failed to provide full documentation during the review, resulting in a preliminary 91.74% antidumping duty on their pasta.
That same steep rate was also slapped on 11 other Italian favorites, bringing the total to 13 brands: Agritalia, Aldino, Antiche Tradizioni Di Gragnano, Barilla, Gruppo Milo, Pastificio Artigiano Cav. Giuseppe Cocco, Pastificio Chiavenna, Pastificio Liguori, Pastificio Sgambaro, Pastificio Tamma, and Rummo.
The decision covers pasta sold between July 2023 and June 2024 — and makes importing Italian spaghetti, rigatoni, and fusilli more expensive than ever.
La Molisana CEO Giuseppe Ferro told the WSJ that the US is an "incredibly important market" for his family-run pasta factory in Campobasso, Italy. Ferro bought the bankrupt company in 2011 and transformed it into one of Italy's most successful pasta factories, raking in $400 million a year, the news outlet said.
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