U.S. Customs and Border Protection told a Court of International Trade judge on Friday that it is not currently able to comply with his order to begin refunding reciprocal tariffs imposed last year by President Donald Trump, which the Supreme Court recently ruled are illegal.
CBP in the same court filing told Judge Richard Eaton that the total amount of so-called IEEPA tariffs collected as of Wednesday by the agency and estimated duty deposits related to such tariffs “is approximately $166 billion.”
The filing came as Eaton was set to hold a hearing on the refund issue at the Court of International Trade in New York City. Eaton has been designated as the only CIT judge who will hear cases from importers seeking refunds on Trump’s tariffs.
Brandon Lord, executive director of the trade programs directorate at CBP’s Office of Trade, in the filing said that as of Wednesday, more than 330,000 importers have made a total of over 53 million
entries “in which they have deposited or paid duties imposed pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.”
