US tariff refund process running 'smoother' than expected, Switzerland's K+N says

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Wed, May 6, 2026 astatine 9:32 AM CDT 1 min read

May 6 (Reuters) - The online process to reclaim U.S. tariff payments deemed amerciable by the Supreme Court is ‌running "smoother" than anticipated, a U.S. customs adept astatine freight ‌forwarder Kuehne und Nagel said.

Companies had expressed concerns astir the durability of ​the system, which was launched past period aft the U.S.' apical tribunal changeable down wide tariffs imposed by the Trump medication past year. The ruling has enabled importers to question up to $166 ‌billion successful rebates.

• ⁠K+N supports customers with formatting the required accusation successful information spreadsheets, uploading to the U.S. customs' ⁠online portal and monitoring developments. It besides provides consulting services for customers navigating the process.

• "It's been precise positive, astir amazingly positive," ​Greg Tompsett, ​senior vice president of K+N's ​U.S. customs unit, told Reuters. "We've ‌had bully functionality and quality to taxable it connected behalf of our customers."

• A spokesperson for K+N said thousands of its customers had already submitted filings for refunds, accounting for the immense bulk of the Swiss company's U.S.-importing customers.

• Tompsett added ‌that clients person besides raised concerns ​on the anticipation of exposing themselves ​to further scrutiny connected ​filings submitted past year.

• "There was a large woody ‌of changes taking spot past twelvemonth ​at an ​unprecedented pace," helium said, adding determination had to beryllium "confidence successful the accuracy of everything you filed."

• The U.S. Customs ​and Border Protection (CBP) ‌agency connected Monday estimated that the archetypal physics refunds ​will commencement arsenic soon arsenic May 12.

(Reporting by Danny ​Callaghan; Editing by Mark Porter)

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