Your favorite Italian pasta could get a lot pricier next year. A proposal published by the U.S. Commerce Department would spike tariffs on 13 imported pasta brands as high as 107%.
If the proposal is implemented and the companies pass the tariff costs on to the consumers, that means retail prices could more than double starting in January — or the brands may stop exporting to the U.S. altogether.
Among the 13 companies included in the proposal are popular brands such as Barilla, Garofalo, La Molisana and Rummo.
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The Commerce Department claims pasta companies were selling their products below U.S. market prices, and its proposal would add a 92% "antidumping duty" on imports. Combined with the

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