New Trump tariffs collection hits $200 billion, Customs says

The United States has collected much than $200 cardinal successful tariffs this twelvemonth arsenic a effect of caller duties imposed by President Donald Trump since the opening of 2025, the Customs and Border Protection bureau said Monday.

The tally comes arsenic the Supreme Court considers arguments that the caller tariffs are illegal.

The $200 cardinal tally is lone for the caller tariffs, not for tariffs imposed during Trump's archetypal word successful the White House. Those earlier tariffs bash not look ineligible challenges, arsenic the caller tariffs do.

Trump earlier this twelvemonth unilaterally imposed, without legislature authorization, what helium calls reciprocal tariffs connected imports from astir of the world's nations.

He besides imposed "fentanyl tariffs" connected products from Canada, China and Mexico, successful retaliation for what helium said was those countries' nonaccomplishment to stem the travel of that deadly narcotic into the United States.

"Between Jan. 20 and Dec. 15, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection collected much than $200 cardinal successful tariffs acknowledgment to much than 40 enforcement orders enactment successful spot by President Donald Trump's Administration," CBP said, successful a statement.

"This fig underscores CBP's effectiveness successful promoting secure, fair, and compliant trade, strengthening America's nationalist and economical security."

In November, tariff collections declined for the archetypal clip since Trump announced his wide caller tariffs successful April. The authorities collected $30.75 cardinal successful tariffs past month, a flimsy driblet from the $31.15 cardinal collected successful October.

The driblet comes arsenic freight shipments to the United States person slowed successful the look of the tariffs and arsenic Trump has lowered immoderate of the duties.

"CBP's enforcement delivers results," said CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott, successful a statement.

"By combining intelligence-led targeting, rigorous oversight, and swift action, we are safeguarding the U.S. economy, protecting American industries, and holding accountable those who question to interruption our commercialized laws," Scott said.

If the Supreme Court rules that Trump's caller tariffs are illegal, it is imaginable the tribunal could accidental that companies that person paid the duties truthful acold are entitled to refunds.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, successful a 7-4 ruling successful August, upheld a determination by the Court of International Trade that recovered Trump did not person the powerfulness to enforce the tariffs without the consent of Congress.

"The halfway Congressional powerfulness to enforce taxes specified arsenic tariffs is vested exclusively successful the legislative subdivision by the Constitution," the Federal Circuit said successful its ruling. "Tariffs are a halfway Congressional power."

In precocious November, the warehouse nine retail elephantine Costco joined a radical of different companies suing the Trump medication to get a afloat refund of the tariffs they person paid truthful acold this year, and asked a tribunal to artifact the duties from continuing to beryllium collected arsenic the Supreme Court lawsuit plays out.