Italian pasta could soon vanish from American grocery shelves after the U.S. Department of Commerce announced an unprecedented 92 % anti-dumping duty on 13 Italian producers — on top of an existing 15 % EU import tariff — bringing the total to 107 %.
The affected companies include iconic names such as La Molisana and Garofalo, which the U.S. claims sold pasta at unfairly low prices in the American market. According to The Wall Street Journal, Italian industry leaders argue the accusations are baseless and politically charged. “This is the first time in 30 years that we are encountering this kind of intransigence,” said one Italian accountant specialising in dumping cases.
With U.S. annual imports of Italian pasta estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars, the tariffs threaten to disrupt a key export market for Italy and could force U.S. retail prices to double — delivering a “fatal blow” to the country’s historic pasta industry. The dispute has already escalated into a diplomatic showdown, with European Commission Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic branding the measure “clearly something which is not acceptable.”
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