EU government and Commission support producers
In recent months, both the Italian government and the EU Commission had intervened in support of the Italian manufacturers by providing cooperation in the filing of defence briefs and documentation by Italian companies with the US authorities.
Lollobrigida: protecting a product that is a symbol of Italian-made products
“There were those who raised the alarm and those who instead kept calm and worked to solve the problem,’ commented the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Francesco Lollobrigida. We immediately set to work with our embassy in Washington, headed by Marco Peronaci, and with our colleagues in the government, to cancel what immediately appeared to be an unjustified measure. The significant lowering of tariffs on pasta does justice to our companies and to a product that is a symbol of Made in Italy in the US market’.
Coldiretti: half a billion in exports saved
A sigh of relief was also breathed by the agricultural world. “The lowering of anti-dumping tariffs on Italian semolina pasta,” said Coldiretti and Filiera Italia in a note, “saves a value of pasta exports that has reached the figure of almost half a billion euro by 2025, averting the risk of favouring imitations and penalising Italian companies. Coldiretti and Filiera Italia therefore express their satisfaction for the work carried out by the Government that led the US Department of Commerce to review the decision to penalise 13 Italian pasta brands accused of allegedly exporting to the US at lower than market costs”.
Satisfaction of pasta makers of Unione Italiana Food
“As the Italian Food Union, we express our great satisfaction with this result, which rewards the fairness, hard work and constant effort of our member companies in the US market. From the very beginning, the companies have tackled a complex and delicate path with seriousness, cohesion and spirit of cooperation. What has been achieved shows that the role of the Italian Food Union is central in representing, protecting and accompanying Italian companies in the right battles, especially when it comes to defending the quality, fairness and competitiveness of Italian products on international markets. When the country system works as a team, companies, associations and institutions, the results come,’ comments Cristiano Laurenza, secretary of the pasta makers of Unione italiana Food.
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