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Trump tariffs

U.S. set to launch tariff refund system on April 20

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a court filing Tuesday
that it has completed developing the initial phase of the refund
system, known as CAPE.
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April 15, 2026, 4:47 PM EDT / Source: Reuters
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President Donald Trump's administration plans to launch next Monday
the system it will use for issuing refunds to American importers for
$166 billion the companies paid in tariffs that the U.S. Supreme
Court struck down in February as unlawful.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a court filing on Tuesday
that it has completed the development of the initial phase of the
refund system, known as CAPE. The system will consolidate refunds so
importers will receive one electronic payment, with interest when
applicable, rather than processing refunds on an entry-by-entry
basis.

Agency official Brandon Lord made the declaration in the filing with
the New York-based Court of International Trade. The agency disclosed
the CAPE launch date in a separate announcement on Friday.

The Supreme Court ruled that Trump overstepped his authority in
imposing sweeping global tariffs under the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law meant for use in national
emergencies.

Tuesday's filing said that as of April 9 some 56,497  importers had
completed the process to receive electronic refunds for tariffs
affected by the court's ruling, an amount totaling $127 billion.

The agency has said it plans to roll out the refund system in phases.

Lord said in his declaration that the agency is considering options
for processing refunds on a subset of entries that were subject to
$2.9 billion in tariffs. Lord said these normally would require
manual processing, which would dramatically increase the workload and
divert personnel from the agency's trade operations and enforcement.

After the Supreme Court's decision, importers sued for refunds in the
Court of International Trade, which is monitoring the development of
the refund system.

More than 330,000 importers paid the tariffs at issue on 53 million
shipments of imported goods, according to court documents.

Customs and Border Protection has said the CAPE system will initially
process refunds on recently imported goods and straightforward
entries.

Many smaller importers feared the cost of the refund process would
outweigh the benefits of trying to get reimbursed, forcing some
companies to explore creative financing options related to refunds.

Trump denounced the Supreme Court after its ruling and imposed a new
temporary global tariff under a different law, though that also has
been challenged in court.

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