The U.S. Treasury Department reported on Monday that the federal budget recorded a surplus of $258billioninApril,markinga23$49 billion) compared to the same month last year. Meanwhile, the deficit has exceeded $1 trillion since last October.

According to data in the report prepared by the Office of Financial Services, a division of the Treasury, U.S. government customs duties collected in April reached $16billion\ast \ast ,anincreaseofnearly\ast \ast$9 billion from the same period last year. This surpassed the previous record of $9.6 billion set two years ago.

On the other hand, the report noted that the budget deficit for the first seven months of fiscal year 2025 (which began on October 1 last year) stood at $1.049trillion\ast \ast ,reflectinga\ast \ast 23$194 billion) compared to the same period in the previous year.