CAPE Phase 1 and Phase 2 both hinge on the same rule: is your entry unliquidated, or liquidated within the last 80 days? Get this number wrong and you may think you're covered when you're not — or miss a window you still had time to use.
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Both CAPE Phase 1 (general entries) and CAPE Phase 2 (reconciliation-flagged entries) share the same eligibility boundary: an entry qualifies if it's unliquidated, or if it liquidated within the last 80 days. Once an entry passes that 80-day mark without a CAPE Declaration filed, it drops out of CAPE entirely and moves to the slower protest track under 19 U.S.C. §1514, or eventually CIT litigation if the protest window also closes.
| Entry status | Path |
|---|---|
| Unliquidated | CAPE Phase 1 (or Post-Summary Correction, if faster) |
| Liquidated within the last 80 days | CAPE Phase 1 or 2 (Phase 2 if reconciliation-flagged, no Type 09 filed) |
| Liquidated more than 80 days ago, within 180 days | Formal CBP protest (19 U.S.C. §1514) |
| Finally liquidated (180+ days, protest window closed) | CIT litigation (CIT-case-only track, Phase 3) |
This report from ACE shows the liquidation date for every entry — the single number that determines everything else here.
If it's been 80 days or fewer since liquidation, CAPE Phase 1 or 2 likely still applies. If it's been longer, you're already on the protest track.
If your entry is reconciliation-flagged (types 01, 02, or 06) and no Type 09 has been filed yet, Phase 2 may apply even for entries at the edge of the window — but filing Type 09 first removes that option.
The 80-day window doesn't pause for anything. Entries approaching the edge need action now, not after your other filings are handled.
No — they're sequential, not the same thing. The 80-day window determines CAPE eligibility. If you miss it, the separate 180-day protest window (measured from the same liquidation date) is your next option.
Because the 80-day count runs from each entry's own liquidation date, not from CAPE's launch date. An entry that liquidated in early 2025 aged past 80 days long before CAPE existed — it just means CAPE isn't the mechanism for that entry; the protest or CIT track is.
No. Phase 3 covers finally liquidated entries specifically (well past the 80-day and typically the 180-day marks) and is limited to importers with an individual CIT case filed.
Yes — your ES-003 Entry Summary Details report from ACE shows the exact liquidation date for every entry, so you don't have to estimate.
TariffIQ™ checks every entry's liquidation date against the 80-day CAPE window and the 180-day protest deadline — free, in minutes.
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