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Phase three of the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) tariff refund tool will be ready by the end of July. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that timeline at a June 9, 2026 hearing in the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT). Susan Thomas, executive assistant commissioner [...]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it intends to appeal a Court of International Trade (CIT) order involving refunds of duties collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and a separate order requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney S. Scott to appear for live testimony. [...]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released the first operational data following the April 20, 2026, deployment of the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) platform. The update confirms that entries are now progressing through validation, liquidation, and into early refund processing. It does not change the Phase 1 [...]
In a Cargo Systems Messaging Service announcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed that it will deploy the first phase of the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) tool on April 20, 2026, within the Automated Commercial Environment Secure Data Portal (ACE). This release establishes an electronic process [...]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) provided a more detailed view of how the CAPE platform will function in practice in its March 31, 2026 declaration filed with the Court of International Trade. The update does not change the current timing of refunds. It does clarify how Phase 1 will [...]
The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued an additional amendment to its ruling on March 27, 2026, expanding the scope of entries subject to reliquidation while continuing to suspend immediate implementation. The update reflects a continued alignment between the court’s directive and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) ongoing [...]
The U.S. Court of International Trade amended its IEEPA tariff refund order on March 20, 2026, expanding the scope while continuing to delay implementation. The Court clarified that the directive now covers all duties imposed under IEEPA, including those applied to imports from Brazil and India. This update expands the [...]
CBP's automated IEEPA tariff refund platform, CAPE, is now 45–80% complete across its four core components. The U.S. Court of International Trade received an updated status report on March 19, 2026, confirming continued progress on U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) automated IEEPA tariff refund system, CAPE. The latest declaration [...]
CBP's automated IEEPA tariff refund platform, CAPE, is now 40–80% complete across its four core components. The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) received a detailed progress report on March 12, 2026, revealing that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is making measurable headway in building a fully automated system [...]
On March 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) suspended its prior order requiring U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to immediately comply with instructions tied to refunds of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). UNCERTAIN SUSPENSION TIMING Judge Richard K. Eaton issued the [...]
