Pay attention!Three major logistics giants announce U.S. IEEPA tariff refund plan
- Author:Maintenance network
- Source:Maintenance network
- Release Date:2026-04-27
As the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officially launched the IEEPA tariff refund system, the three major international logistics giants, FedEx, UPS, and DHL, have successively released tariff refund implementation plans.
The three logistics companies promised to fully refund the relevant fees to the customers who originally borne the tariffs after receiving the taxes returned by CBP.
This refund stems from tariffs that were previously deemed invalid under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). It is also an important part of the largest tariff refund action in U.S. history.
The background to this tariff refund is that the U.S. judiciary ruled that the relevant tariffs previously imposed under IEEPA lacked legal authorization.
CBP has recently launched a new tax refund system. On the first day, more than 55,000 entities submitted tax refund applications involving 4 million imported goods. The overall refund scale is huge and covers a wide range of areas.
FedEx has made it clear that it will proactively submit refund declarations to CBP as a customs declaration agent, and promises to process refunds for all customers for whom it is responsible for customs declarations. After receiving the refund from customs, it will immediately refund the paid IEEPA tariff fees to customers.
UPS will also apply to CBP on behalf of its customers to recover customs duties refunds, and also reminds customers that the company can only start the internal refund process and complete the payment after actually receiving the customs refund, and will not advance relevant amounts in advance.
DHL adopts an automatic declaration mode and automatically submits tax refund applications for goods that are eligible for the first phase of CBP's tax refund plan. If it provides customs declaration agency services, customers can also apply for assistance, and the refund will eventually be returned to the party who actually paid the customs duties.
From the perspective of refund beneficiaries, the refund plan of the three major logistics companies has made overseas shopping consumers through FedEx, UPS, and DHL direct mail channels a direct beneficiary group.
For this type of shipment, the logistics provider is usually the legally registered importer. It once paid the customs duty on its behalf. Now it can directly apply for and return the refund. Consumers can wait for the money to be refunded via the original route without additional operations.
However, most Chinese exporters who adopt FOB and CIF trade terms, as well as small and medium-sized sellers who choose the double-clearance tax package model, cannot directly enjoy this tariff refund benefit because the customs declaration importer is a US buyer, freight forwarder or customs clearance house and does not have the status of a registered importer with the customs. The relevant refund will flow directly into the account of the registered importer.
The three logistics companies promised to fully refund the relevant fees to the customers who originally borne the tariffs after receiving the taxes returned by CBP.
This refund stems from tariffs that were previously deemed invalid under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). It is also an important part of the largest tariff refund action in U.S. history.
The background to this tariff refund is that the U.S. judiciary ruled that the relevant tariffs previously imposed under IEEPA lacked legal authorization.
CBP has recently launched a new tax refund system. On the first day, more than 55,000 entities submitted tax refund applications involving 4 million imported goods. The overall refund scale is huge and covers a wide range of areas.
FedEx has made it clear that it will proactively submit refund declarations to CBP as a customs declaration agent, and promises to process refunds for all customers for whom it is responsible for customs declarations. After receiving the refund from customs, it will immediately refund the paid IEEPA tariff fees to customers.
UPS will also apply to CBP on behalf of its customers to recover customs duties refunds, and also reminds customers that the company can only start the internal refund process and complete the payment after actually receiving the customs refund, and will not advance relevant amounts in advance.
DHL adopts an automatic declaration mode and automatically submits tax refund applications for goods that are eligible for the first phase of CBP's tax refund plan. If it provides customs declaration agency services, customers can also apply for assistance, and the refund will eventually be returned to the party who actually paid the customs duties.
From the perspective of refund beneficiaries, the refund plan of the three major logistics companies has made overseas shopping consumers through FedEx, UPS, and DHL direct mail channels a direct beneficiary group.
For this type of shipment, the logistics provider is usually the legally registered importer. It once paid the customs duty on its behalf. Now it can directly apply for and return the refund. Consumers can wait for the money to be refunded via the original route without additional operations.
However, most Chinese exporters who adopt FOB and CIF trade terms, as well as small and medium-sized sellers who choose the double-clearance tax package model, cannot directly enjoy this tariff refund benefit because the customs declaration importer is a US buyer, freight forwarder or customs clearance house and does not have the status of a registered importer with the customs. The relevant refund will flow directly into the account of the registered importer.