Overview
- A court filing shows U.S. Customs and Border Protection certified and transmitted $20.6 billion in refunds for disbursement, citing data through May 22.
- CBP has accepted roughly $85 billion in potential and certified refund claims for processing and corrected an earlier overstatement of refund totals by about $10 billion.
- The agency built a new CAPE portal inside the Automated Commercial Environment to take bulk CSV claims, process payouts by ACH, and run refunds in phased batches that exclude disputed entries.
- Only importers of record can file for and receive refunds, with hundreds of firms including major retailers and shippers lined up, and 4,185 consolidated refunds remain untransmitted because claimants have not provided bank account details.
- The administration has kept a separate 10% global tariff under Section 122 in place and is considering ways to reuse that temporary authority, a move that could affect future collections, congressional oversight, and whether companies pass refunds to customers or face legal challenges.