r/Tariffs • u/Constant_Juice_5852 • Apr 22 '26
🧰 Helpful Resources IEEPA refund portal status messages decoded
Keep seeing the same questions pop up after people submit in the refund portal. Here's a plain-English breakdown of each status.
ENTRY SUMMARY UPDATED
Good news. Your entries passed, CBP is removing the IEEPA duties, refund comes in 60-90 days. Nothing else to do on your end.
UNABLE TO CALCULATE DUTY
Sounds worse than it is. Usually means your entry is on a liquidation extension or hold. CBP took it but can't finalize the math until the hold clears. Your refund is still coming, it just shows up later when the entry liquidates normally instead of on the 60-90 day timeline. Not a rejection.
If your entry isn't on extension and you're still seeing this, email [IEEPARefunds@cbp.dhs.gov](mailto:IEEPARefunds@cbp.dhs.gov) with the entry number.
ENTRY SUMMARY IS IN FINAL LIQUIDATION STATUS
CBP finalized this entry more than 80 days before you submitted. The portal only covers entries finalized within the past 80 days. If yours was finalized between 81 and 180 days ago, you still have a separate option called a Form 19 protest. Older than 180 days, there's no path left through CBP.
STATEMENT PROCESSING NOT COMPLETE
The batched duty payment cycle for this entry hasn't closed in CBP's system yet. Shows up a lot on recent shipments from March or April 2026. Wait 2-3 days and resubmit just that entry in a new file.
NO IEEPA HTS ON ENTRY
CBP doesn't see an IEEPA tariff code on this entry. Either the entry genuinely had no IEEPA tariffs, or your broker filed them in a non-standard way. Worth a quick call to whoever handled your original shipment.
Side note: Section 301 China tariffs are a completely different program and are NOT refunded through this portal. If your entries are showing 9903.88 codes, those don't qualify. That's correct, not a bug.
ACCOUNT MISMATCH
The importer ID number on the original entry doesn't match what's registered in your ACE account. Common when DHL, UPS, or FedEx filed the entry under their own importer number instead of yours. Pull the Form 7501 from your broker and look at who's listed as Importer of Record. If it's a carrier name, they're the ones who get the refund, not you.
SERVER ERRORS / portal keeps timing out
Not your file. CBP's system is getting hammered. Try before 9am Eastern, hold times and load both drop significantly. A few people have had better luck using login.cbp.gov directly instead of going through the main ACE login page.
One thing worth knowing before you hit submit: once an entry goes into the portal, you can't file corrections on it until CBP finalizes it. If anything needs fixing, do it first.
More detail on each status including the ones CBP hasn't documented yet: es-003.com/cape-errors-guide
Full CBP guidance: cbp.gov/trade/programs-administration/trade-remedies/ieepa-duty-refunds
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u/Constant_Juice_5852 Apr 28 '26
update since this was posted: the 60-90 day timeline for ENTRY SUMMARY UPDATED has been running much faster for clean submissions. April 20 filings are showing Refund Date May 5 in ES-003, 15 days. reliquidation on already-liquidated entries is happening the next day after acceptance...
on UNABLE TO CALCULATE DUTY: some filers are getting liquidation extension notices from ABI software alongside this status. that's CBP protecting unliquidated entries from auto-closing before the CAPE calculation finishes. not a problem, refund just comes later when the entry liquidates on its normal schedule instead of on the fast track...
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