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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has told the\u00a0United States Court of International Trade\u00a0that it is currently unable to comply with an order directing the agency to begin refunding tariffs imposed last year by\u00a0Donald Trump, after the levies were ruled illegal by the\u00a0Supreme Court of the United States.\u00a0<\/p>
In a court filing on March 6, CBP said the total amount of tariffs collected under the\u00a0International Emergency Economic Powers Act\u00a0(IEEPA), along with related estimated duty deposits, is \u201capproximately $166 billion\u201d as of Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>
Earlier this week, the trade court\u00a0ordered the agency to issue refunds to importers affected by the duties. The court said companies that paid the tariffs were entitled to the benefit of the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling that struck down the levies.\u00a0<\/p>
\u201cAll importers of record whose entries were subject to IEEPA duties are entitled to the benefit,\u201d Eaton wrote in the ruling.\u00a0<\/p>
However, the process of issuing refunds\u00a0remains\u00a0unclear, and CBP indicated it does not yet\u00a0have the ability to\u00a0implement the order.\u00a0<\/p>
The decision\u00a0represents\u00a0a setback for Trump, who had\u00a0sought\u00a0to replace the disputed import taxes and has previously criticised the possibility that the government may have to return billions of dollars collected through the tariffs.\u00a0<\/p>
US Treasury Secretary\u00a0Scott Bessent\u00a0said the administration was \u201clikely\u201d to introduce a new\u00a015% global tariff, up from 10%, in the coming days. The proposed tariff is intended to replace the IEEPA-based duties invalidated by the court.\u00a0<\/p>
According to government estimates, the Trump administration collected\u00a0roughly\u00a0$130 billion\u00a0through tariffs imposed on most imported goods using the emergency powers law.\u00a0<\/p>
Several companies have already filed lawsuits seeking refunds, including\u00a0logistics\u00a0giant\u00a0FedEx, as businesses push to recover money paid under the now-invalid tariffs.\u00a0<\/p>
The tariffs were first introduced in April 2025 as part of what Trump called\u00a0\u201cLiberation Day\u201d tariffs, targeting dozens of countries. Rates started at\u00a010%\u00a0and climbed to as high as\u00a050%\u00a0in some cases, triggering a wave of trade negotiations as governments sought lower duties in exchange for investment commitments and policy changes.\u00a0<\/p>
In February 2026, the Supreme Court struck down those tariffs as well as earlier levies imposed on imports from\u00a0China,\u00a0Mexico, and\u00a0Canada, ruling that the administration had improperly used emergency powers to justify the measures.<\/p> <\/div>
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