FedEx vows to pass any tariff refunds it gets from the U.S. on to customers

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News

Updated on: February 26, 2026 / 7:08 PM EST


FedEx is pledging to return any tariff costs it charged to customers if the Trump administration refunds the delivery company for the levies.

"If refunds are issued to FedEx, we will issue refunds to the shippers and consumers who originally bore those charges," FedEx said in a statement on Thursday. "When that will happen and the exact process for requesting and issuing refunds will depend in part on future guidance from the government and the court."

FedEx said it will reimburse customers days after it filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Court of International Trade demanding that the Trump administration offer a "full refund" of all payments the company made under a set of tariff policies that were ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.

"FedEx has taken necessary action to protect the company's rights as an importer of record to seek duty refunds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that the tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are unlawful," the company said in a statement to CBS News.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fedex-tariff-refunds-lawsuit-consumers/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. I'm sure my supermarkets have the capability to do the same - NOT!

Some pay in cash, some with credit, some save receipts, some don't, but even if they do, does the company hold a record of transactions over a year old? How massive would be the data crunching? Best consumers would get is flat pricing for awhile going forward.

[thesquanderer]

2. Fedex can easily directly refund consumers in many cases.

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When I (as an individual consumer) have occasionally ordered products from overseas, and fedex delivers, fedex sends me a bill for the import duties., they are the company in charge of collecting the tariffs and remitting them to the government, so they have records of all of that. (And Trump's tariffs went into effect less than a year ago, so all the records are recent. Most tax-related records are preserved for numerous years regardless.)

However, if someone is importing product for resale that arrives via fedex, fedex is collecting the tariff from the importer, they do not know who the importer sold to, or what percentage of the tariff was passed along to the consumer.

[FakeNoose]

3. If Fedex actually does this - they'll be the ONLY one.

I'm sure that no other American corporation in the retail sector plans to share any bounty or give-back on the tariffs with their customers. Most of them will go silent as they plan to keep whatever Chump "gives" them, and they'll maintain their prices artificially high AS IF they were continuing to pay the tariffs.