The reciprocal rates of President Trump have added a total of $ 500 million to the US coffers. Since April 5, a fraction of the $ 3 billion a day that boasted of its radical taxes.
The real figures were launched on Wednesday by Customs and Border Protection, the agency responsible for collecting all the rates, including Trump’s “reciprocal” taxes, at the entrance point.
CBP said that the $ 500 million of reciprocal tariffs (taxes pay US companies on foreign imports, contributed to “more than $ 21 billion in total total total total income of 15 presidential commercial actions implemented since January 20, 2025”.
That is around $ 250 million for each of the 86 days, until Wednesday, from the Trump Tok office, counting separated tariffs taxes on aluminum and steel imports, and foreign vehicles.
Trump announced 10% of the rates through the board and the most rigid reciprocal taxes on the key commercial partners during his event “Liberation Day” at the White House on April 2. 10% tariffs entered into force on April 5. He paused the highest reciprocal rates in all countries on April 9, except China, which was supplied with 145% service.
The most recently available figures from the Treasury Department are also well below the president’s estimate.
According to its daily status of total deposits, the department registered $ 250 million under “Customs and certain special taxes” on Tuesday, after obtaining $ 305 million the previous day.
The discrepancy between what Trump has claimed has been brought and what the final result shows could be due, in large part, to a decrease in imports.
US import reserves. In massive containers ships, 64% from March 24 to 31 to April 1, according to the container monitoring software provider, Biscion.
Many companies rushed to store goods in the week before rates. Now, some may be delaying orders while increasing that inventory and await the clarity of Trump’s 90 -day break in rigid rigid tariffs.
The owners of small businesses have said that they are pressing the orders of foreign goods because the hijkges cannot pay.
Amazon has canceled some requests from China for the articles of the summer season, while the timplant are postponing their Christmas imports.