{"id":7824,"date":"2026-09-17T19:31:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/?post_type=article&p=7824"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T17:31:30","slug":"cape-phase-3-set-to-launch-october-6-what-it-means-for-ieepa-tariff-refunds","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/leyton.com\/us\/insights\/articles\/cape-phase-3-set-to-launch-october-6-what-it-means-for-ieepa-tariff-refunds\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPE Phase 3 Set to Launch October 6: What It Means for IEEPA Tariff Refunds\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On September 15, 2026, CBP’s Executive Director of Trade Programs, Brandon Lord, filed a declaration with the U.S. Court of International Trade confirming that Phase 3 of the CAPE system<\/strong> will deploy on October 6, 2026<\/strong>. This is the phase importers have been waiting for, since it finally addresses refunds on entries that have already gone through final liquidation<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How We Got Here <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After the Supreme Court ruled in February 2026 that certain IEEPA tariffs<\/a><\/strong> were unlawful, CBP built the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) system inside ACE to process refunds at scale, roughly 330,000 importers had paid an estimated\u00a0$166 billion\u00a0in IEEPA duties across 53 million entries.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CAPE rolled out in stages: <\/p>\n\n\n\n