December 10, 2025 // Trade Report
Liquidated Damages, Other Customs Enforcement Efforts Saw Big Jumps in FY 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection saw significant increases in fiscal year 2025 in many indicators of its trade enforcement efforts.
These statistics indicate that CBP enforcement efforts continue to have a substantial impact on the trade community. As always, conducting an import compliance review can help companies avoid or mitigate those impacts.
| FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
Completed audits | 435 | 417 | 348 |
Collections from audits | $114.5 million | $117.67 million | $197.8 million |
Trade penalties issued | 2,592 | 2,204 | 2,218 |
Trade liquidated damages | 19,832 | 22,399 | 46,835 |
Penalty/liquidated damage collections | $33.3 million | $26.3 million | $37.9 million |
Trade seizures | 44,558 | 48,444 | 57,360 |
IPR seizures | 19,522 | 20,516 | 25,079 |
MSRP of IPR seizures | $2.4 billion | $5.5 billion | $7.4 billion |
Import safety seizures | 6,183 | 6,888 | 9,116 |
Value of import safety seizures | $44 million | $60.6 million | $137.4 million |
Shipments stopped for forced labor | 4,415 | 4,850 | 7,325 |
Value of shipments stopped | $1.46 billion | $1.75 billion | $164.5 million |
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