Italian pasta makers are concerned after the United States Department of Commerce decided to add an additional 91.74% levy to the existing 15% tariff, bringing the total tax to roughly 107%. Coldiretti (the Italian Farmers' Confederation) describes this as a ‘death blow’. The tariff would double the cost of a plate of pasta for American families and would introduce a deluge of "Italian-sounding" products, which would encourage imitations and penalize Italian businesses. According to the association, the value of Made in Italy pasta exports to the United States in 2024 was €671 million. This market would be eliminated by a tariff of this magnitude, which would result in the loss of years of growth and investment throughout the supply chain. Italy exports pasta totaling €4 billion, and the United Kingdom, France, and Japan are markets with consolidated demand, in addition to the United States and Germany. Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida called the measure an ultra-protectionist mechanism in favor of U.S. producers, "without justification or necessity".