U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has activated the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) tool in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), creating a formal path for importers to seek refunds of duties imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). While CAPE is designed to streamline and consolidate refunds, importers retain key responsibilities that must be addressed before any refund can be issued.
Understanding and preparing for those responsibilities is critical to avoiding delays and missed recoveries.
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Topics:
ACE,
United States,
Customs,
Trade Compliance,
Tariffs,
CBP,
Managed Trade Services,
IEEPA,
CAPE
What Happened
On March 6, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued an order in Atmus Filtration, Inc. v. United States that temporarily pauses U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from taking immediate action to remove or refund tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
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Topics:
ACE,
United States,
Customs,
Trade Compliance,
Tariffs,
CBP,
Managed Trade Services
On March 4th, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) ordered that unliquidated entries entered subject to IEEPA duties be liquidated without regard to IEEPA duties, and liquidated entries where liquidation is not final be reliquidated without regard to IEEPA duties.
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Topics:
ACE,
United States,
Customs,
Trade Compliance,
Tariffs
