Customs Law and Tariff Solutions

Expert legal counsel on customs regulations, tariff matters and trade law.

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IEEPA Tariff Refunds

Practice Areas

Customs Law

We assist clients with matters involing U.S. Customs and Border Protection including tariff refunds, tariff engineering, valuation, country of origin, classification, prior disclosures, protests and CBP enforcement.

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Tariff Refunds

We identify opportunities for obtaining tariff refunds on IEEPA tariffs, other Trump tariffs, Section 301, Section 232, Section 122 and more. With our affiliated customs brokerage we offer complete tariff refund solutions.

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Trade Law

We assist clients with matters involving antidumping/countervailing duties, tariff rate quotas, free trade agreements, trade remedies, phytosanitary requirements for imports and exports and FDA, USDA, FWS and NMFS regulations for imports.

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IEEPA Tariff Refunds

CBP has proposed a claims process importers must follow to receive IEEPA tariff refunds. We can assess what you are owed and file the claim.

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News

  • IEEPA Tariff Refund Declaration Filing Begins April 20 in CAPE Portal

    By Erik | April 14, 2026

    Importers Must File Claims Electronically Through the CAPE Portal in ACE U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that they will launch the “CAPE Portal” to accept IEEPA tariff refund claims on April 20, 2026. CAPE = Consolidated Administration…

  • CBP Updates Court on IEEPA Tariff Refunds Procedures

    By Erik | April 10, 2026

    On March 31, 2026, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) provided an update on the IEEPA tariff refunds process to the Court of International Trade in the Atimus Filtration litigation (1:26-cv-01259). CBP continues to make process in the development of…

  • IEEPA Tariff Refunds: CBP Outlines Claims Process

    By Erik | April 8, 2026

    Importers Will be Required to Submit Claims for Refunds Under CBP Proposal United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a filing before the U.S. Court of International Trade submitted on March 12, outlined the process they intend to implement for IEEPA…

Resources

  • Trump Tariff Exemptions

    By Erik | April 13, 2026

    A wide range of food and agriculutral products, as well as chemicals, drugs, minerals, energy products and others, fall within the exemptions. These exemptions are from the now invalid IEEPA tariffs as well as the currently effective Section 122 tariffs. Examples of the food products enjoying Trump tariff exemptions include: food products including fresh and…

  • Tariff Engineering: Know Your Rights

    By Erik | April 13, 2026

    What is Tariff Engineering? Tariff engineering is the altering of certain product characteristics to avoid duties. Is it Legal? Yes. It has been recognized as a legal right by the United States Supreme Court in Merritt v. Welsh, 104 U.S. 694 (1881): The right to conduct tariff engineering is not unlimited. In Ford Motor Co.…

  • First Sale Rule and Tariff Reduction

    By Erik | April 10, 2026

    The First Sale Rule is a valuation method recognized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The rule provides for the value declared at entry to be based on the price paid for the first sale of the goods intended for export to the U.S. In other words the value can be based on the price…