One of the 13 Italian pasta companies facing whopping 107% tariffs come January is pleading with the Trump administration to axe its plans – which could force the business to double its prices.

An executive with the American branch of Italian pasta giant Rummo told The Post it could only last a month or two without hiking prices – from $3.99 to as high as $7.99 – especially since affected firms will be forced to pay retroactive tariffs covering the past two years.

“We’re going to try to absorb it,” Jim Donnelly, chief commercial officer for Rummo USA, said Tuesday. “We’re going to try to hang in there as long as we possibly can.”

“I think if anybody in their right mind would examine it and see, they would say you can’t charge Rummo this,” he added. “I think it’s a big mistake.”

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