US Importers Pay Record $16.5 Billion as April Tariff Bill Lands

Daily revenue from US customs duties rose to a record $16.5 billion as American importers made monthly payments to the government for goods received in April.

That revenue, disclosed in Treasury Department data released Friday, reflects the full impact of President Donald Trump’s new universal tariffs for the first time. About two-thirds of importers pay customs duties in one monthly sum — the month after goods arrive in US ports — and the deadline for April payments was Wednesday.

If tariffs continue at the present rate, the data suggest that Trump will fall short of the $2 billion a ...