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Monthly Treasury Statement, Table 4 · customs duties

How much does the US collect in tariffs, and how much has it refunded?

The US collected $23.38 billion in customs duties in August 2026 and refunded $10.54 billion, for net customs receipts of $12.84 billion (Monthly Treasury Statement, month ended ).

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Customs duties collected (gross) and refunded each month, $ billion

March 2015 to August 2026As published, in millions of dollars

Customs duties collected (gross) and refunded each month, $ billion (March 2015 to August 2026)
Customs duties collected (gross) and refunded each month, $ billion (August 2016 to August 2026)
Customs duties collected (gross) and refunded each month, $ billion (August 2024 to August 2026)

Net customs receipts each month (collected less refunded), $ billion

March 2015 to August 2026As published, in millions of dollars

Net customs receipts each month (collected less refunded), $ billion (March 2015 to August 2026)
Net customs receipts each month (collected less refunded), $ billion (August 2016 to August 2026)
Net customs receipts each month (collected less refunded), $ billion (August 2024 to August 2026)

Net customs receipts in each fiscal year (October to September), $ billion

Fiscal 2015 to 2026Ours, the sum of the months; years of fewer than twelve months drawn open

Net customs receipts in each fiscal year, 2015 to 2026

Each point is one month of the Monthly Treasury Statement's customs duties line: duties collected, refunds paid and the net; the columns are fiscal years, the sums of their months (ours). The first fiscal year and the running one hold fewer than twelve months. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the figure.

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The latest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The months of the last ten years and every fiscal year are in the tables under "The numbers behind the chart".

MeasureLatestThe month beforeA year earlierFive years earlierTen years earlier
Month
Collected23,37724,83530,1327,7992,992
Refunded10,54133,38162952839
Net receipts12,836−8,54629,5037,2702,953

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Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data, Monthly Treasury Statement. Observed .

Right now

Treasury refunded $10.54 billion of customs duties in August 2026 and collected $23.38 billion. The largest refunds of any month since March 2015 were $49.18 billion, in June 2026.

Net customs receipts, duties collected less refunds, were $12.84 billion. Duties collected were last higher in July 2026, at $24.84 billion.

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Fiscal 202611 months so far

Through August 2026, $292.53 billion was collected and $125.22 billion refunded, for net receipts of $167.31 billion.

In the same months a year earlier, $171.87 billion was collected and $6.67 billion refunded, for net receipts of $165.19 billion.

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Months below zeroSince March 2015

Net customs receipts were below zero in 3 months since March 2015, from May 2026 to July 2026.

Understanding customs duties

Where it stands today

Customs duties collected were $23.38B in August 2026, refunds $10.54B.

What does the customs duties line count?

Customs duties are taxes on goods imported into the United States. The Monthly Treasury Statement lists them as one line of the government's receipts and gives, for each month, the duties collected, the refunds paid out of them and the net, which is collected less refunded. Treasury publishes the statement each month for the month before.

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The statement reports refunds as one figure and does not give a reason for them. Treasury can restate a month in a later statement; this page shows each month as the statement currently gives it.

What 500metrics adds: each fiscal year's sums, which run from October to September, the largest refunds of any month, the last month duties collected were higher, and how many months had net receipts below zero.

The numbers behind the chart

What were customs duties in each month?120 months, newest first, $ million; 138 months since March 2015 in the chart
Customs duties collected, refunded and net by month, newest first ($ million)
MonthCollectedRefundedNet
23,37710,54112,836
24,83533,381−8,546
23,62849,183−25,556
21,93021,972−42
23,8751,75122,124
24,0171,86222,155
27,16957526,594
29,5451,80327,742
29,3341,44227,892
31,73397730,756
33,0901,73731,354
30,49381829,675
30,13262929,503
28,44077027,670
27,15552326,632
22,82164822,173
16,30366915,634
8,7495818,168
7,6754297,247
7,8805397,341
7,3875736,814
7,3746626,712
7,9486517,297
7,7294807,249
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MonthCollectedRefundedNet
7,6155687,047
7,6284947,133
6,7634406,323
6,1619365,225
7,0907236,367
6,6435786,064
6,7525436,208
6,9875116,477
6,3956505,744
6,7004046,296
7,3094076,903
7,1064286,678
6,8094846,325
7,3564476,910
7,1246486,475
6,7203476,373
6,6943446,350
6,6775256,152
6,7944456,349
7,5997616,838
7,3127606,552
7,7585867,171
8,6905278,163
9,3746338,741
9,1336788,456
9,0284988,530
8,9886258,364
8,5054098,095
9,5704089,162
8,6414908,151
8,5294808,049
8,8762898,587
8,6334478,187
8,4346187,816
8,3816117,770
8,3504927,857
7,7995287,270
7,9264177,509
7,6885387,150
6,9775446,433
7,7316037,128
6,8996246,275
6,7974746,323
6,4365665,871
6,7126656,047
6,7848195,965
6,8516956,156
6,9258756,049
6,5326365,896
5,8978855,013
5,3108294,480
4,4606273,833
4,7125994,114
5,4035884,815
6,6944086,286
7,2703526,918
6,9344856,449
7,3914516,940
8,1083507,757
7,1743416,833
7,2282237,005
6,7512786,473
5,8222165,606
5,0991654,934
5,5092725,237
5,3822205,163
5,4183425,076
6,662346,628
6,1291385,992
6,4591756,285
5,8262765,551
4,7681954,572
4,6273774,249
4,252934,159
3,6161063,510
3,1561872,968
3,45573,448
3,2691853,084
2,8121372,674
3,3231353,188
3,2101043,107
3,2441443,100
3,3651263,239
3,3341333,201
3,1291822,947
3,3101223,188
2,9861142,871
2,6161952,421
3,100913,009
2,7851182,667
2,6431532,490
3,1351682,967
2,9601142,846
3,0721752,897
3,1901213,069
3,3091643,145
How does this fiscal year compare with a year earlier?Fiscal 2026 to 31 August 2026, $ million
Customs duties in fiscal 2026 so far beside the same months a year earlier ($ million; as the statement gives them)
MeasureThis fiscal yearSame months a year earlier
Collected292,533171,865
Refunded125,2256,674
Net receipts167,308165,191
Months counted11
What were customs duties in each fiscal year?12 fiscal years, newest first, $ million; ours, the sums of the months
Customs duties collected, refunded and net by fiscal year, October to September, newest first ($ million; years of fewer than twelve months say so)
Fiscal yearMonthsCollectedRefundedNet
2026 (partial)11292,533125,225167,308
202512202,3577,492194,866
20241283,7726,73577,037
20231286,6396,30280,337
202212106,0926,18599,908
20211286,9516,96679,985
20201275,6367,08568,550
20191273,4612,67770,784
20181243,0961,79741,299
20171236,2601,68534,575
20161236,4681,63034,837
2015 (partial)722,2802,02720,252

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What this number cannot tell you

  • Our collector holds the line from March 2015; the statement's earlier months are not in this page.
  • Treasury reports collected, refunded and net as separate figures and does not say which duties a refund repaid or when they were paid.
  • Net receipts are the published net, which can be below zero in a month whose refunds exceed its collections.
  • A fiscal year here is the sum of the months this page holds, not Treasury's own fiscal-year total.

Source

Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data, Monthly Treasury Statement. Observed . Checked .

How to cite this

U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data, Monthly Treasury Statement, Table 4, Customs Duties, through August 2026, dated 31 August 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How much does the US collect in tariffs, and how much has it refunded?", https://500metrics.com/treasury/tariff-revenue.

Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data, Monthly Treasury Statement. Figures for .

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  • U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data (source). Licence: Public domain, a work of the US federal government

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