Rising Duty Evasion Signals Increased CBP Enforcement
Additional Resource From CBP: Reasonable Care Guidance
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), working with AI trade platform Altana, estimates that the United States missed approximately $107 billion in tariff revenue in 2025 due to duty evasion. In response, CBP has intensified enforcement efforts, generating over $1.2 billion in additional revenue during fiscal year 2025 and processing more than 2,800 reported trade violation allegations.
CBP continues to expand its enforcement strategy through cargo inspections, audits, advanced analytics, and industry reporting. This places greater scrutiny on import activity and data accuracy.
Analysis from Altana identified several common evasion methods:
Transshipment
Routing goods through third countries to avoid higher duties. (Estimated at $38 billion in lost revenue)
Misclassification
Declaring incorrect tariff classifications to reduce duty rates
Undervaluation
Underreporting shipment value to minimize duty obligations
The report also highlights that shifting tariff policies and elevated duty rates have increased both the complexity of compliance and the risk of errors.
Source: The Wall Street Journal (Dow Jones Risk & Compliance Journal).
What This Means for Importers
CBP is reinforcing its expectation that importers exercise “reasonable care” to ensure accuracy across classification, valuation, and country of origin, supported by proper documentation and internal controls.
With enforcement increasingly driven by data and analytics, visibility into your entry activity is no longer optional, it is essential.
How Juno Customs Solutions Can Help
Juno Customs Solutions (JCS) combines compliance expertise with technology-driven visibility to help importers strengthen their processes and reduce exposure.
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Ensure accurate HTS classification and alignment with current tariff requirements, minimizing the risk of misclassification and penalties.
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A centralized brokerage portal that provides a complete, real-time view of your customs entries and compliance data, allowing you to:
Access entry documents, including 7501s and commercial records, anytime.
Maintain 5-year recordkeeping aligned with CBP requirements.
Monitor live entry status and clearance milestones as they occur.
Analyze trends through customizable reports on HTS usage, duty spend, and entry data.
Track product-level data with an automatically updated classification database.
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Establish defensible processes through documentation, data validation, and ongoing compliance guidance to help you respond confidently to CBP inquiries or audits.
By combining expert classification with data transparency and structured recordkeeping, JCS enables importers to move beyond reactive compliance and demonstrate true reasonable care.
If you would like to assess your current exposure or improve visibility into your entry data, contact us at brokerage@junologistics.com to learn more.