CBP Update to CIT – $104.29 Billion IEEPA Tariff Refunds Now Processed in CAPE
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a July 1 update to the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) reported that $104.29 billion in both potential and certified IEEPA tariff refunds have been accepted for processing in the agency’s Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) Phase 1 in ACE since April 20.
This update, which was provided by CBP’s Executive Director of Trade Programs Brandon Lord to CIT Judge Richard Eaton, stated that as of 3 p.m. ET on Monday, June 29, CAPE declarations which passed the file validations cover 18.1 million entries with IEEPA duties that passed the entry specific validations and were accepted for the removal of IEEPA duties through CAPE.
Approximately 4.36 million entries included on CAPE declarations failed the entry level validations due to “the entry date is past CBP’s 90 day re-liquidation authority, the entry does not contain a Chapter 99 Harmonized Tariff Schedule number used to assess IEEPA duties, or the entry was already filed on a prior CAPE declaration,” the agency said in its report.
In addition, the update noted that CBP on June 29 successfully had deployed new CAPE functionality for use by importers and their customs brokers in ACE. This new functionality allows importers and their customs brokers to include on a CAPE Declaration entries that are unliquidated (or that have liquidated within the preceding 80 days) that were flagged for reconciliation, but for which no Reconciliation Entry (Entry Type 09) has been filed.
As of 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, CBP said 1.6 million entries flagged for reconciliation have been successfully filed in CAPE and are set for processing.
Meanwhile, the NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., will continue to monitor CAPE activities and provide further updates from CBP to our customs broker members as soon as available.