{
  "slug": "tt010.national.customs-refunds",
  "name": "US customs duty refunds paid",
  "unit": "USD/month",
  "horizon": "medium",
  "grade": "reported",
  "grade_means": "Counted and published by a named body — for this ledger, the US Census Bureau. We mirror it and keep every revision.",
  "description": "Customs-duty refunds paid out by the US Treasury each month, from the Monthly Treasury Statement (Table 4). Spiked from a ~$0.5B/month baseline to $22.0B (May 2026) and $49.2B (June 2026) as court-ordered IEEPA refunds were processed. The line that turns the assessed-at-entry book into the kept book.",
  "instrument": {
    "id": "TT-010",
    "name": "Duty receipts",
    "clock": "medium",
    "role": "reporter",
    "source": "US Census Bureau, imports for consumption (CON_VAL_MO / DUT_VAL_MO / CAL_DUT_MO)",
    "source_url": "https://api.census.gov/data/timeseries/intltrade/imports/hs"
  },
  "coverage": {
    "from": "2015-03",
    "to": "2026-06"
  },
  "publishable_ranges": [
    {
      "from": "2015-03",
      "to": "2026-06"
    }
  ],
  "status": "fit",
  "citation": "US Treasury, Monthly Treasury Statement Table 4 (Fiscal Data API, mts_table_4), Customs Duties line, refunds; mirrored monthly by the Trimtab US Trade Ledger — trimtabist.com/tariffs",
  "citationShort": "Trimtab TT-010 Duty receipts, \"US customs duty refunds paid\" (retrieved 2026-08-09).",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-08-09T12:18:21.006Z",
  "urls": {
    "page": "https://trimtabist.com/series/tt010.national.customs-refunds",
    "csv": "https://trimtabist.com/series/tt010.national.customs-refunds.csv",
    "metadata": "https://trimtabist.com/series/tt010.national.customs-refunds.metadata.json"
  }
}