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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has collected more than $106.1 billion in customs revenue since President Donald Trump took office, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced — a milestone fueled largely by his aggressive tariff agenda.
Of that total, $81.5 billion came directly from the Trump administration’s tariffs, according to a June 30 DHS report.
A senior DHS official said the agency is “successfully implementing President Trump’s historic America First trade agenda.”
“We are proud to help President Trump make America richer and reverse a broken trade system that resulted in millions of jobs shipped overseas and made us dependent on foreign adversaries for essential goods,” the official added in the agency’s statement.
The surge marks a dramatic shift away from free trade policy, reflecting Trump’s reliance on sweeping tariffs to reshape global commerce.
Customs revenue for this fiscal year through May is already up 65% over the same period last year, Treasury data shows. According to CNBC, June alone is projected to bring in another $27 billion in tariff revenue.
Axios reported that Trump’s “sweeping global levies” have driven the surge, adding that the current effective tariff rate is now the highest since the late 1930s, per analysis from the Yale Budget Lab.
Trump officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and trade advisor Peter Navarro, have projected the tariffs could ultimately generate $300 billion or more, Axios reported.
The milestone comes as the White House considers whether to end a 90-day freeze on reciprocal tariffs set to expire July 8.
