US EditionProposed 107% Tariff on Italian Pasta Has This Fairfax Co. Shop Worried
Local importers and lawmakers warn 107% tariffs could double pasta prices, harming over 50 Southern Connecticut restaurants and families, Rep. DeLauro said.
- On Monday, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and local importers gathered at Vinnie's Italia Importing Company, Wooster Square, New Haven, to criticize threatened duties as she called pasta a cultural centerpiece in her house.
- The Trump administration proposed a 107 percent tariff on Italian imports, which importers warn targets boxed pasta and staples, with lawmakers including U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro saying it singles out culturally important foods.
- Importers warned prices would spike, noting the duty would double boxed pasta's retail price from $3 to $6, and wholesalers report wholesale inflation, like Dutch veal rising from $9 to $12.50 per pound.
- The bipartisan Italian American Congressional Delegation announced on Wednesday that it will send a letter urging a pause on tariffs as local retailers report customers struggling due to over 90 percent of goods imported, Liuzzi Fiorillo said.
- Beyond price, merchants stress cultural and culinary reasons they import specific shapes and makers, with shop owners like Liuzzi Gourmet Food Market citing malfaldine and mezzi rigatoni and naming Barilla, Rummo, La Molisana, and Garofalo at risk.
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Proposed 107% tariff on Italian pasta has this Fairfax Co. shop worried
Will you be able to afford your favorite pasta dish in 2026? A proposed tariff on Italian pasta that could take effect in January may cause you to lose your appetite. Vally Graham, the general manager of Olio2go, a specialty Italian store in Fairfax County, Virginia, says if the tariff takes effect, it will jack up prices significantly. “If right now, my pasta costs, I don’t know, $10 for a pack of pasta, it will cost almost closer to 30 even $4…
New Haven's Italian importers decry Trump tariffs on pasta
The city’s pastificios are boiling over the Trump administration’s proposal to impose a 107 percent tariff on their favorite Italian imports — including boxes of pasta, which a Wooster Square importer warned would double in price from $3 to $6. Local importers and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro gathered at Vinnie’s Italia Importing Company on Monday to slam the Trump administration for threatening new duties on Italian imports. DeLauro also announced th…
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