CBP Touts Duties Collected Since May

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says in a recent news release that it has collected over $1 billion in duties on more than 246 million low-cost shipments since the administration began phasing out the de minimis loophole in May 2025 (China and Hong Kong on May 2 and the rest of the world on August 29), “recovering a record amount of revenue that had previously gone uncollected.”

Since de minimis ended for China and Hong Kong, CBP seizures of unsafe and non-compliant low-value goods have increased by 82 percent, the agency says. These included counterfeits, narcotics, faulty electronics, and goods containing hazardous chemicals.

CBP says the volume of packages entering the U.S. continues to grow as importers adapt to CBP’s updated de minimis policies. The end of the de minimis exemption aligns with CBP’s broader trade enforcement initiatives aimed at ensuring compliance with U.S. customs regulations and safeguarding domestic industries.

CBP also issued its de minimis data through FY 2025, which were, of course, impacted by the end of the DM exemption. In addition, its page with trade statistics provides the tariffs collected in FY2025, broken down by trade remedy.