Nine-Month Wait Exposes Tariff Refund Bottlenecks as Businesses Chase $164,000
A tariff refund case involving $164,000 has become a window into the slow-moving machinery of trade administration, with businesses waiting as long as nine months to recover money they say is owed. The delay underscores how tariff policy, customs processing and cash-flow pressures can collide in global markets, even when the sums involved are modest by corporate standards.
