Have you paid customs duties? Ordinary duty; Section 301, 122 and 338 duties; some Section 232 duties; merchandise processing fees and harbor maintenance tax all count.
Antidumping and countervailing duties don't.
- Were the goods exported or destroyed? The imports themselves, products made from them, or substitutes in the same 8-digit HTS subheading must have left the U.S. or been destroyed under CBP supervision.
- Are you within the filing window? Claims must be filed within five years of the import date.
Do you meet compliance standards? You need records that tie each export to an import.
Unused merchandise exports also need a notice of intent, a waiver, or a one-time retroactive approval for past exports. Manufacturing claims need a ruling.
If the first three look like a yes, the estimator gives a rough figure.
For a line-by-line view, the first result from one quarter of records shows which lines may qualify, which documents are missing and which entries carry IEEPA duty.
The demo shows one on sample data, and the service opens to importers after launch. Your entries decide.
- Have you paid customs duties?
- Were the goods exported or destroyed?
- Are you within the filing window?
- Do you meet compliance standards?
Written by the NexQloud Drawback team from the primary sources linked on this page.
Not legal advice. NexQloud Drawback is not a government agency.
NexQloud Drawback is software used by licensed customs brokers.
