Frank Spano is a regular at Teitel Brothers on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. He loves Giuseppe Coco pasta.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe flavor, the texture, and I mean, it\u2019s so wonderful you can have it just boil it with nothing,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a different, a different level than all the others.\u201d<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
The price of pasta imported from Italy could more than double if new tariffs are implemented\u00a0
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Thirteen\u00a0major Italian companies are potentially facing tariffs as high as 107%, which includes the blanket 15% tariff on exports from the European Union
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The commerce department is accusing Italian companies of selling at a low price to gain market share, which they say could hurt competitors\u00a0
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The commerce department says the decision is not final<\/p>\n
But the price of his favorite product might be about to double. Giuseppe Coco is one of the 13 major brands that would be subject to a 107% tariff if the Trump administration follows through with plans to target Italian pasta. The earliest this plan would go into effect is January.<\/p>\n
Gibert Teitel, who owns Teitel Brothers, a wholesale and retail grocery shop specializing in Italian products in the heart of Little Italy in the Bronx, says people are set in their ways when it comes to the pasta brand they buy.<\/p>\n
\u201cGet them to buy American pasta? They are not going to change. I mean, this is what they like \u2014 this is what they want. But personally, I think it is unfair,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Gilbert\u2019s son, Michael Teitel, who works at the store, agrees their customer base is loyal to the brands they love.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a person come in yesterday, and they bought like 10 pounds of it,\u201d he said. \u201cI told her, get it before the increase. She says, \u2018I\u2019m going to use it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
There is already a blanket 15% tariff on exports from the European Union.<\/p>\n
On top of that, the commerce department issued a preliminary recommendation this month for an additional 92% in response to Italian pasta makers \u201cdumping\u201d in the United States.<\/p>\n
That means the government is accusing these brands of selling their pasta either below the producers\u2019 cost or below the price they would charge in the Italian market.<\/p>\n
Coldiretti, one of the brands impacted by the tariffs, called the dumping accusations \u201cunacceptable and exploitative\u201d in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2024, pasta exports to the U.S. reached a value of 671 million euros. A strategic market that, with a tariff of this magnitude, would be virtually wiped out, erasing years of growth and investment along the entire supply chain,\u201d Coldiretti said.<\/p>\n
Andrew McAllister, attorney and member of Holland & Knight\u2019s International Trade Group, told NY1 this investigation into Italian pasta started pre-Trump.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an existing case against pasta that predates President Trump 1.0, and so the case has been going on for many years. It\u2019s just in this particular review period, the commerce department is proposing, in a way, an adverse finding that\u2019s going to significantly impact importers of these pasta products,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I think the importers and the users of this pasta product should be concerned, because there\u2019s a very good chance that a 90% rate or something similar will go into effect early next year.\u201d<\/p>\n
The commerce department is stressing that the decision about the tariffs is not final. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump announced on Friday said he was scrapping U.S. tariffs on items ranging from beef, coffee and tropical fruits to combat high consumer prices.<\/p>\n
For customers like Frank, he says he is committed to buying Giuseppe Coco for as long as he can.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still gonna get it. I\u2019m gonna eat less. I\u2019ll savor it more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frank Spano is a regular at Teitel Brothers on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. He loves Giuseppe Coco…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[25,128,3691,9,24,12,63,129,131,130,27,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-40864","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-app-top-stories","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-emma-barnett","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-the-bronx","16":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","17":"tag-the-bronx-news","18":"tag-top-stories","19":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}