US administration lowers anti-dumping duties on Italian pasta producers

The United States Department of Commerce today announced its final ruling on the case concerning US duties imposed on 13 Italian pasta brands accused of exporting to the United States at prices below fair market value ("dumping"). The decision substantially revises the provisional anti-dumping duties announced on 4 September last year.

The anti-dumping margin for Garofalo has been reduced to 7%, compared with 91.7% in the September preliminary determination and 13.89% in the post-preliminary ruling of 31 December. La Molisana will be subject to a duty of 2.65%, compared with 91.7% in the preliminary determination and 2.26% in the post-preliminary ruling of 31 December. The anti-dumping duty imposed on the remaining 11 companies covered by the investigation is 5.21%, down from 91.7% in September and 9.09% in December.

The positive outcome of the investigation follows the timely intervention of the Italian Government and the European Commission, in support of the Italian pasta producers concerned, through the submission of defence briefs, and the cooperation of the companies with US authorities via additional documentation.