CBP reports $314B in imports processed and $297B collected in tariffs, taxes, and fees for Jan. 20–Dec. 31, 2025

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CBP's trade and revenue reports verify $314 billion in imports processed and $28.4 billion in identified duties for December 2025, and $297 billion collected from Jan. 20–Dec. 31, 2025.

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CBP published operational statistics for December 2025 reporting zero parole releases for the eighth consecutive month and historically low encounter totals to start fiscal year 2026. The agency reported 91,603 total encounters in October–December, 30,698 encounters in December, and 6,478 southwest border Border Patrol apprehensions in December. CBP also reported seizing 39,030 pounds of illicit drugs in December and processing $314 billion in imports that month, while highlighting tariff collections totaling $297 billion from Jan. 20–Dec. 31.

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The figures in the statement match official data and are internally consistent with prior CBP releases and CBP’s own trade statistics.

DHS’s January 16, 2026 press release on December 2025 border operations explicitly states that in December 2025 CBP “processed $314 billion in imports” and “identified $28.4 billion in duties owed,” and that “from Jan. 20 through Dec. 31, CBP collected: $297 billion from all tariffs, taxes, and fees.” Earlier CBP monthly and year-to-date updates show compatible cumulative revenue and import patterns: a May 2025 CBP update reports $80.4 billion in tariffs, taxes, and fees collected from Jan. 20–May 30, while a November 2025 update reports $266 billion from Jan. 20–Nov. 30, implying roughly $31 billion more collected in December—exactly the increase from $266 billion to $297 billion. CBP’s Trade Statistics page, which aggregates duties, taxes, and fees by fiscal year, shows unprecedentedly high collections for FY 2025 and early FY 2026 that are broadly consistent with these calendar-year, post–Jan. 20 totals.

Verdict: True, because the dollar amounts and timeframes in the claim are directly supported by official DHS/CBP releases and align with CBP’s broader revenue and trade statistics.

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Update · Jan 17, 2026, 03:08 AMTrue
The figures in the statement match official data and are internally consistent with prior CBP releases and CBP’s own trade statistics. DHS’s January 16, 2026 press release on December 2025 border operations explicitly states that in December 2025 CBP “processed $314 billion in imports” and “identified $28.4 billion in duties owed,” and that “from Jan. 20 through Dec. 31, CBP collected: $297 billion from all tariffs, taxes, and fees.” Earlier CBP monthly and year-to-date updates show compatible cumulative revenue and import patterns: a May 2025 CBP update reports $80.4 billion in tariffs, taxes, and fees collected from Jan. 20–May 30, while a November 2025 update reports $266 billion from Jan. 20–Nov. 30, implying roughly $31 billion more collected in December—exactly the increase from $266 billion to $297 billion. CBP’s Trade Statistics page, which aggregates duties, taxes, and fees by fiscal year, shows unprecedentedly high collections for FY 2025 and early FY 2026 that are broadly consistent with these calendar-year, post–Jan. 20 totals. Verdict: True, because the dollar amounts and timeframes in the claim are directly supported by official DHS/CBP releases and align with CBP’s broader revenue and trade statistics.
Original article · Jan 16, 2026
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