Did you purchase an imported product via Amazon.com between February 2025 and February 2026? You may have overpaid due to unlawful collection of tariffs and improper importer fees. Contact us »
WHAT'S THE ISSUE?
Hagens Berman’s consumer-rights attorneys have filed a class-action lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly collecting unlawful tariffs from millions of consumers since late 2025. Affected products include imported goods, such as any item manufactured outside of the U.S. including in China, Canada or Mexico. Affected products were purchased between late 2025 and early 2026, following tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). While these tariffs were collected, the lawsuit states Amazon may have unlawfully passed along these costs to consumers through higher prices on imported goods. Consumers may have rights to reclaim losses under consumer-protection laws.
HOW DO I KNOW IF I’M AFFECTED?
Consumers may find helpful product information by reviewing the purchase or product listing in question. Affected purchases include:
- Purchases made via Amazon.com Feb. 4, 2025, and Feb. 22, 2026,
- Imported products manufactured outside of the U.S.
- Affected Amazon imports were purchased directly from Amazon and list “Sold by: Amazon.com” or "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com" in the product listing. Consumers may review receipts for more information regarding the seller.
- Product listings which state "Sold by [Seller Name] and fulfilled by Amazon" or "Sold and fulfilled by [Seller Name]," are not affected.
WHAT IMPORT TARIFFS AFFECT SALES ON AMAZON.COM?
On Feb. 4, 2025, the Trump Administration began imposing a 10% tariff on Chinese imports under the IEEPA. In March 2025, two more executive orders imposed 25% tariffs on goods imported from Canada and Mexico. By April 2025, most other U.S. trading partners were facing tariffs. Compounded with other existing tariffs, at the peak of the escalation, average U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports reached 127.2%. These tariffs continued until Feb. 20, 2026, when the U.S. Supreme Court declared them invalid.
Tariffs are paid by the importer of record, the party legally responsible for the goods at the time they enter the United States. The importer of record is the only party entitled to recover the cost of the IEEPA tariffs from the federal government.
On its website, Amazon states clearly that it is not the importer of record for any third-party sellers using Fulfillment by Amazon and for its Seller Fulfilled Prime orders. Third-party sellers fulfill Prime orders directly from their own warehouses. Therefore, Amazon did not pay tariffs for its third-party sellers.
WHAT TARIFFS DID AMAZON ALLEGEDLY COLLECT FROM CONSUMERS?
In July 2025, a Wall Street Journal study of 2,500 products sold on Amazon found that Amazon had increased the price of 1,200 low-cost goods by 5.2%. During that same period, Walmart lowered prices on those same items by nearly 2%.
By the fall of 2025, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated that most of the additional supply Amazon had purchased in anticipation of the IEEPA Tariffs had run out. He anticipated seeing “tariffs creep into some of the prices.”
According to the lawsuit, the IEEPA tariffs increased Amazon’s costs, and Amazon made pricing decisions in response. Amazon also did not intend to absorb these costs; it passed them on to its consumers through higher prices.
WHAT ARE MY CONSUMER RIGHTS REGARDING TARIFFS?
This lawsuit seeks to force Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce company, to return funds it collected from millions of consumers to cover IEEPA tariffs between February 2025 and February 2026. Amazon has made no commitment to compensate consumers for those payments. Amazon has chosen not to recoup the tariff payments it made to the federal government. Instead, Amazon is allowing the federal government to keep those funds to further its own business interests. That decision does not make consumers whole.
Attorneys believe Amazon exploited customers to maintain its leadership position as the world’s largest online retailer. In this investigation, our consumer-rights attorneys seek to represent a class of Amazon customers who purchased imported products sold at an inflated price.
HOW CAN A CLASS ACTION HELP AMAZON CUSTOMERS?
A class-action lawsuit seeks to level the playing field, bringing strength to collective action to change unlawful practices. Though these measures do not bring immediate relief, they are a time-tested method of holding companies accountable for wrongdoing, and allow many individuals to collectively stand up to powerful entities like Amazon. Attorneys seek to represent consumers’ rights under state and federal consumer-protection laws.
TOP CONSUMER RIGHTS FIRM
Hagens Berman is one of the most successful consumer litigation law firms in the U.S. and has achieved more than $345 billion in settlements for consumers in lawsuits against Big Tech, retailers, food corporations, automakers, big banks and others. The firm is currently leading multiple antitrust cases against Amazon on behalf of its customers, and the firm has achieved many record-breaking victories in matters benefitting consumers. Your claim will be handled by attorneys experienced in consumer law.
NO COST TO YOU
There is no scenario where any class member will be asked to pay attorney fees or legal costs. In the event Hagens Berman or any other firm obtains a settlement that provides benefits to class members, the court will decide a reasonable fee to be awarded to the class’s legal team.
