Background

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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