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A Trade Judge Has Certified a Class of Every Importer That Paid the Struck-Down Tariffs and Did Not Sue. The Court Says About $30 Billion Is at Stake.

Judge Richard Eaton of the Court of International Trade certified a class on Thursday of importers who paid the emergency-powers tariffs between February 2025 and February 2026 and have not filed their own suits. Class actions at the court are rare. Refunds are not yet ordered.

By Cory Chamberlain 1 hour ago

Stacks of shipping containers from several lines at a container terminal in the Port of Los Angeles, with blue ship-to-shore cranes against a pink and blue evening sky.

The Numbers

Customs Took In $333 Billion in Fiscal 2026. Refunds Sent About $147 Billion Back Out.

The fiscal year closed on Wednesday with a record $332.6 billion of customs deposits, according to the Treasury's daily cash statement. It also closed with $157.8 billion paid out through Customs and Border Protection, against about $10.5 billion in each of the two previous years. Net of those payments, the border raised less than it did in fiscal 2025. Since May, it has paid out $17.5 billion more than it took in.

By Cory Chamberlain October 4, 2026

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A Trade Judge Has Certified a Class of Every Importer That Paid the Struck-Down Tariffs and Did Not Sue. The Court Says About $30 Billion Is at Stake.

Customs Took In $333 Billion in Fiscal 2026. Refunds Sent About $147 Billion Back Out.