With 132 billion dollars in invalidated IEEPA tariffs moving through CBP’s refund pipeline, a delayed third phase, 1.7 billion dollars stranded over missing bank details, and a government appeal threaten to slow the largest duty giveback in American history WASHINGTON, September 1, 2026: The largest customs refund operation ever attempted by the United States government…
More than $121 billion in claims and roughly $100 billion paid out, yet the small importers who absorbed the cost of the invalidated IEEPA tariffs say the money is landing everywhere except with them. A refund program built for importers of record is now colliding with class actions, congressional bills and the midterm campaign. WASHINGTON,…
New data show the average US effective tariff rate fell to 7.1 percent as Customs certifies roughly 100 billion dollars in refunds from the invalidated IEEPA tariffs, the largest duty repayment operation in American history WASHINGTON, August 11, 2026 Six months after the Supreme Court struck down the emergency tariffs that defined the opening year…
Customs and Border Protection tells the Court of International Trade it has returned 100 billion dollars of invalidated emergency-powers duties, but the hardest 11.4 billion dollars remains frozen behind a Justice Department appeal WASHINGTON, August 8, 2026 United States Customs and Border Protection has paid out 100 billion dollars in refunds of tariffs collected under…
Treasury has pushed roughly 100 billion dollars of struck-down emergency tariffs back to importers. A growing line of consumer class actions is now asking whose money it was in the first place By the Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, August 7, 2026. Roughly 100 billion dollars in refunded tariff duties has been transferred to…
The largest customs refund operation in American history has entered its final phase, returning tens of billions in unlawful IEEPA tariffs to importers, even as the government appeals the orders that made universal payback possible. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2026 – The federal government’s machinery for returning unlawfully collected tariffs reached its most consequential stage in…
Treasury pays back $49.2 billion in invalidated tariffs in a single month, flipping last June’s celebrated surplus into a $120 billion deficit, with less than half the refund bill settled and a new generation of duties queued up to replace the old ones By the US Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting WASHINGTON, July 14, 2026…

Peacock Tariff Consulting | Insights for U.S. Importers The Refund Opportunity Most Importers Are Missing For most U.S. importers, the duties paid at the border feel like a closed chapter. The entry is filed, the broker invoices clear, and the goods move on into the supply chain. What very few companies realize is that those…

Introduction: A Landmark Expansion of Refund Eligibility On March 27, 2026, Judge Richard Eaton issued what may prove to be one of the most significant rulings in the ongoing IEEPA tariff litigation. By expanding the refund order to include finally liquidated entries, the court has removed a procedural barrier that many importers and legal analysts…