While Bloom WNC offers a broad variety of fresh flowers, the only supplier of the tulip bulbs that it grows is in the Netherlands. The Black Mountain florist paid $7,000 in tariffs in 2025. (Photo: Abigail Helberg Moffitt, Bloom WNC)
“When I saw [the news] I was like, is that real? Did that really happen? We’re excited.”
Abigail Helberg Moffitt, the owner of Bloom WNC, said Friday’s 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs was welcome news for her specialty cut-flower business in Black Mountain.
The only supplier of the tulip bulbs that Helberg Moffitt grows is in the Netherlands. And the trade tariffs with that country added an additional $7,000 in expense to her orders in 2025. She was just weeks away from having to pay that sum again for this year’s bulb order.
Even as the court ruled that the Executive Branch doesn’t have the power to impose taxes, it did not spell out whether businesses that have already paid the tariffs would be able to seek a refund.
“I would love for that to be a consideration,” said Helberg Moffitt. “We’re still paying off the tariffs from last year. But I do think that’s almost wishful thinking.”
A coalition of over 800 small businesses launched a national sign-on letter Friday that calls on the Trump administration and Congress to deliver “full, fast, and automatic” tariff refunds.
“Today’s Supreme Court decision is a tremendous victory for America’s small businesses who have been bearing the crushing weight of these tariffs,” said Dan Anthony, executive director of We Pay the Tariffs, in a statement. “They’ve taken out loans just to keep their doors open. They’ve frozen hiring, canceled expansion plans, and watched their savings drain away to pay tariff bills that weren’t in any budget or business plan.”
The Washington, DC-based group says the refunds would allow small businesses to hire more workers, expand operations, pay down debt and contribute to their local economies.
Helberg Moffitt says there’s still recovery work to do on her farm, nearly 18 months after Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina. Not having to budget for more unpredictable tariffs will be a blessing as she plans for 2027.
“I’m excited about the possibility of putting my order in March and hopefully not having tariffs,” Helberg Moffitt told NC Newsline.
Friday’s ruling is also being praised by the John Locke Foundation, a Raleigh-based conservative think tank.
“These tariffs increased costs for families, disrupted supply chains, hurt North Carolina businesses, and triggered retaliation against our farmers and manufacturers,” said Locke Foundation CEO Donald Bryson. “By rejecting this misuse of emergency authority, the Court has restored clear constitutional limits and reinforced that major economic policy must come from the legislative branch.”
It’s estimated that North Carolina importers paid $5.6 billion in tariffs from March 2025 to December 2025.
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