CAPE Phase 2 Goes Live for Reconciliation-Flagged Entries

What Phase 2 changes

CBP deployed the second phase of CAPE on June 29. Phase 2 expands processing to certain entries that were flagged for reconciliation and were not handled in the initial phase.

That is a significant operational expansion. Reconciliation can affect large entry populations and substantial duty amounts, and importers should revisit declarations that previously excluded those entries.

The latest scale

As of June 29, CBP reported 213,939 declarations, with 149,840 passing file validation. Approximately 18.1 million entries had been accepted for processing, and 15.92 million had been liquidated or reliquidated without the IEEPA duties.

CBP reported approximately $104.29 billion in anticipated refunds accepted for processing and $71.06 billion completed, certified, and sent to Treasury for disbursement. It also reported 8,384 refunds blocked because ACH information was missing.

What Phase 2 does not solve

Phase 2 does not itself authorize CBP to reliquidate every finally liquidated entry. Nor does it resolve the Federal Circuit appeal over universal relief. Importers still need to identify entries that remain rejected, outside the phase criteria, or beyond CBP's ordinary statutory authority.

The right workflow is not "file once and wait." It is file, validate, reconcile, and create a separate legal track for the remainder.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Phase 2 expands the recoverable universe, but it does not make CAPE comprehensive. Importers should run a new entry-level gap analysis after the expansion.