US tariffs on Italian wines have
already been applied, and goods going to the US have been
blocked, the Unione Vini wine group said Thursday.
"The tariffs are already applied even if they do not exist
because exports are blocked, American importers have blocked the
import of our wines fearing that they will have to pay the duty
because there is no rule that at least now excludes products in
transit from the duties", said Paolo Castelletti, general
director of the Unione Italiana Vini on the sidelines of the
presentation of the 57th edition of Vinitaly.
"So when products in transit were also subject to duties, at
that point the duty would fall on the importer, this would
essentially mean going bankrupt", explained Castelletti.
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