The United States has cut anti-dumping tariffs on selected Italian pasta brands, Italy’s Foreign Ministry said, ahead of the conclusion of a formal investigation due in March.

Provisional rates imposed in September have been lowered to 2.3 percent for La Molisana, roughly 14 percent for Garofalo, and 9.1 percent for 11 other producers, down from a previous retaliatory tariff of nearly 92 percent. The ministry noted that the rates remain subject to change depending on the final findings of the probe.

The duties were initially imposed after the companies were accused of selling pasta in the US at artificially low prices. These levies are applied on top of the baseline 15 percent tariff already in effect on most European Union exports to the United States.

“The redetermination of the tariffs is a sign of the recognition by US authorities of our companies’ willingness to cooperate,” the ministry said, according to Bloomberg.

The US Department of Commerce could not be reached for comment during the New Year holiday.