US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, during an event at the White House, involving members of the cabinet and industry officials, that the United States is already collecting $ 2 billion a day from duties, without giving further details.

“We had conversations with many, many countries” who wish to negotiate for the duties, the US president said, stressing that there is no need for negotiations to be done immediately, as he said, as he said “The duties are valid and the money flows to the level we have never seen before.”

The day -to -day deposit and withdrawal status of the Ministry of Finance from its general account, the federal government’s main account, shows that “Customs and Special Taxes” deposits amount to average of $ 200 million a day so far this month, according to Reuters.

For the entire month of February, in the last available full month, the Treasury raised about $ 7.25 billion on customs duties. The monthly budget status for March will be published on Thursday, which will show the last monthly data.