CBP barred warehouse entries from CAPE IEEPA refund filings starting July 7, 2026
CBP title: UPDATE – Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) for IEEPA Refunds – Warehouse Entries
This message is from July 2, 2026. Later CSMS messages may have changed it. See the latest trade news
What did CBP announce?
CBP announced that, effective July 7, 2026, warehouse entries (Entry Types 21 and 22) could no longer be submitted on a CAPE Declaration for IEEPA duty refunds; such filings would be rejected. Warehouse withdrawals (Entry Types 31, 32, 34, 38) remained eligible on CAPE Declarations because IEEPA duties were paid at withdrawal, with refunds processed when the related warehouse entry was liquidated. Entries filed on CAPE from April 20 to July 6, 2026 without matching withdrawals would not receive a refund unless filers submitted a new CAPE Declaration listing the withdrawals.
What is Allied's position?
We no longer file CAPE Declarations for warehouse entries; we submit them only for the related warehouse withdrawals, as CBP requires. If a client had a warehouse entry filed on CAPE between April 20 and July 6, 2026 without its withdrawals, we can help submit a corrected CAPE Declaration covering those withdrawals. This guidance still applies unless CBP has issued a later update; clients should ask us to review any affected warehouse entries.
General information, not legal advice.
What does the CBP message say?
On April 20, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) launched the first phase of the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) tool in the Automated Commercial Environment to process refunds of International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) duties. The purpose of this message is to provide updated guidance on warehouse entries and warehouse withdrawals filed on CAPE Declarations.
GUIDANCE
Warehouse Entry Types and CAPE
Effective July 7, 2026, warehouse entries (Entry Types 21 and 22) will no longer be accepted on a CAPE Declaration. Warehouse entries that are submitted on a CAPE declaration will be rejected with the existing ENTRY TYPE NOT ALLOWED error message.
Warehouse withdrawals (Entry Types 31, 32, 34, 38) will continue to be accepted on CAPE Declarations since the IEEPA duties were paid on the warehouse withdrawals. CBP will process approved IEEPA refunds on warehouse withdrawals submitted via CAPE Declarations upon the (re)liquidation of the associated warehouse entry. The liquidation process for warehouse entries will continue to be performed by CBP in the normal course after all withdrawals have been made and the warehouse entries are ready for liquidation, at which time CBP will process approved refunds of the IEEPA duties.
Warehouse entries (Entry Type 21 or 22) accepted on a CAPE declaration from April 20, 2026, through July 6, 2026, without the submission of the corresponding warehouse withdrawal(s) will not be (re)liquidated with a refund of IEEPA duties. In such circumstances, filers will need to submit another CAPE Declaration(s) with the warehouse withdrawals on which IEEPA duties were paid.
CBP will provide additional guidance to the trade community through CSMS messages as appropriate.
If you encounter any errors in filing an entry summary, contact your CBP client representative or the ACE Help Desk.
Questions regarding this message should be directed to CBP’s Office of Trade Relations at traderelations@cbp.dhs.gov (mailto:traderelations@cbp.dhs.gov).
Related Message Number(s): 68340863