CBP Says Tariff Refund System Will Be Operational in 45 Days

By Elias Schisgall

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a system for tariff refunds will be operational in 45 days following the Supreme Court's ruling striking down President Trump's sweeping global tariffs last month.

The agency said it will work on a streamlined system for refund payments rather than manually processing individual tariff requests, which it said in a Friday court filing would be unfeasible given the agency's capacity.

The filing comes in response to a Wednesday ruling in the Court of International Trade requiring the agency to begin refunding upwards of $130 billion in tariff payments collected under the previous tariff regime.

The agency said the refund process will be carried out on an importer basis, rather than issuing refunds for more than 53 million separate tariff payment entries.

"The process will be simpler and more efficient than the existing functionalities, and CBP will provide guidance on how to file refund declarations in the new system," the agency said in the filing.

CBP said in the filing it had received "an unprecedented volume of refunds." Companies including Costco and FedEx have filed lawsuits requesting to be reimbursed for their tariff payments.

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Corrections & Amplifications

This was corrected at 12:42 p.m. ET because the original version incorrectly said that the filing comes in response to a Thursday ruling in the Court of International Trade. The ruling was Wednesday.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

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