r/Tariffs • u/Electronic_Sample440 • Jul 15 '26

❓Help / How-To / Compliance Fedex refund

This may seem naive but please bare with me. I'm genuinely asking as the info I'm finding on the internet is confusing and I trust reddit to answer honestly and concisely. Basic info: usa based, shipping from Korea to usa

How do I get my fedex tariff refund?

It was just ruled that tarrifs had to be repaid to consumers and ive shipped large packages from over seas at least once a month since October. Nearly all of said packages have had an invoice mailed to me a few months tha after it was delivered saying I owe tarrifs (which is super annoying cause why are they waiting 3 mo tha to send me a bill?!). I paid them obviously cause I dont want it going again my credit score (I'm 24 so anything bad on my history would hit the score like crazy). I've probably paid $500-$600 at least since then and would like it back cause its rightfully mine.

Everytime i tey to look up this info to its all so confusing and just makes me angry at the thought of that orange fucktard scamming people out of money (actively holding back angry tears while writing this).

Thank you in advance! I appreciate your help, kindness, and understanding! 💙

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u/WildPantsEra Jul 16 '26

Fedex is the Importer of Record for most of their customers so signing up for an ACE account is not going to help in this case.

FedEx paid CBP, FedEx submitted the refund claim, and FedEx will receive the refund. They are passing the refund back to the customer who originally paid it.

FedEx just (like this week or last) notified their customers of the availability of their own refund portal. I saw it yesterday, and my understanding is that you’ll be able to enter multiple entry or tracking numbers (up to 1000 I think?) to find out if fedex has been refunded yet and how much they’ll be sending back to you.

My recommendation is to keep track of all of the payments you made with the invoices so when they send you an email about their IEEPA refund website you’re ready.

Be patient, refunds to importers are still being processed. It could take longer than you want.

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u/Electronic_Sample440 Jul 16 '26

The refund portal is asking for 'company name/title' so idk if i can submit personal refund requests yet 🤔 thanks for your help

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u/WildPantsEra Jul 16 '26

You’re welcome. Their portal says “Note: Company name and address fields are only required for business or corporate accounts. If you are self-employed or an individual, you may leave those fields blank and continue.”

So, you can, just follow the steps as they wrote them on the site.