Government Appeals Court of International Trade IEEPA Refund Orders

On June 3, 2026, the Department of Justice filed notices of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the Court of International Trade's orders requiring refunds of IEEPA duties.

• The government is expected to argue that the orders are improper universal relief, and that only importers who filed their own lawsuits should receive refunds on finally liquidated entries.
• Cases on appeal include V.O.S. Selections, Euro-Notions, AGS Company, and Grant & Bowman.
• The government has estimated its exposure on finally liquidated entries at more than $30 billion.

What it means: refunds already flowing through CAPE for unliquidated entries are not the main issue on appeal. The appeal matters most to importers with finally liquidated entries who have not filed their own case.