U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) issued guidance on how importers need to report and classify goods subject to the revised steel, aluminum, and copper tariffs announced by the Trump Administration on April 2, 2026. We encourage importers to review the list of HTS number affected by the metal tariffs to ensure compliance with the below reporting requirements.
On March 31, 2026, Brandon Lord, the Executive Director of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP” or “Customs”) Trade Programs Directorate, Office of Trade, filed a status update (the “Declaration”) with the Court of International Trade (“CIT”) further outlining Customs’ progress in developing the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) functionality within ACE. CAPE has four integrated components: Claim Portal, Mass Processing, Review and Liquidation/Reliquidation, and Refund.
On March 4, 2026, following the February 20, 2026 decision by the Supreme Court invalidating IEEPA tariffs, the Court of International Trade ordered CBP to (a) liquidate “without regard to IEEPA duties” all unliquidated entries that were subject to IEEPA tariffs, and (b) reliquidate “without regard to IEEPA duties” any entries for which liquidation is not yet final.
A new lawsuit has been filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade (“CIT”), challenging how U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) has been valuing and applying Section 232 tariffs on imported steel and aluminum derivative products.