"As of March 4, 2026, over 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. Automating the process, Lord added, would save the CBP more than four million hours of manual labour."
"The invocation of that law for Trump's sweeping tariff campaign was deemed illegal in a February 20 Supreme Court decision. In a court filing on Friday, Brandon Lord, the director of CBP's trade policies programme, indicated the agency would not be able to comply with the ruling from Eaton this week, which proposed automatic tariff refunds with interest."
"Given the volume of entries made each year, CBP is unable to affirmatively review and liquidate each entry, and the majority of entries automatically liquidate, Lord said in the court filing. CBP has never been ordered to, nor has it attempted to, process a volume of refunds anywhere near the volume of total entries."
The US Customs and Border Protection agency announced it needs 45 days to create a system for processing refund requests related to tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court. Judge Richard Eaton ruled that the US government owes refunds to importers charged tariffs under President Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which the Supreme Court deemed illegal on February 20. CBP director Brandon Lord explained the agency must reprogram its record system to handle over 53 million entries from more than 330,000 importers. Automating the refund process would save CBP over four million hours of manual labor, but the unprecedented scale of this refund volume requires substantial system development time.
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