We’ve posted warnings the past half year about the global supply chain steadily becoming more congested and the cost of shipping rising accordingly. In the past few months, more articles have published about shortages in everything from boba balls to garden gnomes. We highly recommend everyone to watch the video that the Wall Street Journal published a few…
The Court of International Trade (CIT) ordered CBP to issue refunds for IEEPA tariffs for the following entries: Entries that have not yet liquidated: CBP is directed to liquidate those entries without regard to the IEEPA duties. Entries for which “liquidation is not final”: CBP is directed to reliquidate these entries without regards to the IEEPA…
CBP sent out a CSMS message today providing instructions for Phase 1 filing of IEEPA Refunds via the CAPE portal. Roll Out Date CBP confirmed their intention to roll out the CAPE functionality within the ACE portal starting on April 20, 2026. CBP even provided screenshots showing where the CAPE tab will be located within the ACE…
Expanded Scope of IEEPA Tariff Refunds On March 27, 2026, CIT Judge Eaton made an important update correcting his initial order to CBP to issue refunds of IEEPA tariffs. Earlier in March, Judge Eaton’s had only directed CBP to issue IEEPA refunds for entries that had not yet liquidated or for which entries were not yet final.…
CBP’s IEEPA Refund Claim Process As ordered by Judge Eaton of the CIT, CBP provided an update today on the status of their solution for importers to obtain IEEPA refunds. They are developing a new functionality in ACE called the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CASE). CASE will have four features: 1.) Claim Portal The Claim…
President Trump finally posted his update for Reciprocal Tariff implementation. Note that the following information applies to shipments from all countries except China. Implementation Date The Reciprocal Tariff was supposed to increase on August 1, 2025. The latest update postpones the increased reciprocal tariff in the following important ways: The updated reciprocal tariff will now be…
In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s IEEPA tariffs this past Friday. Later in the afternoon, Trump issued a formal Executive Order confirming the end of IEEPA tariffs. The following tariffs are impacted by the decision: IEEPA Fentanyl tariffs on products from China IEEPA Fentanyl tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico…