CBP drew the sample from companies that filed claims from 2007 to 2016 and looked up each one's main line of business.
Of 375 claimants, wholesalers made up 41.3%, manufacturers 29.3% and retailers 8.8%.
By product, in our grouping of CBP's table:
| Product group | Share of claimants |
|---|---|
| Apparel, footwear and textiles | 18.7% |
| Chemicals and plastics, excluding pharma | 9.6% |
| Machinery, hardware and industrial supplies | 9.3% |
| Sporting goods and toys | 5.6% |
| Home furnishings, furniture, lighting and appliances | 5.1% |
| Food and beverages | 4.3% |
| Jewelry | 4.0% |
| Electronics and computers | 3.2% |
| Health-related: pharma, medical instruments, optical | 2.7% |
| Motor vehicles and parts | 2.1% |
| Aerospace or defense manufacturing | None |
Counting each detailed industry code on its own, CBP found that "no industry makes up more than five percent of the sample."
The sample counts companies, not dollars.
Most claims are for goods exported or destroyed unused: unused-merchandise drawback made up 77.7% of claims and 66.9% of dollars claimed in 2017.
Find your industry in the questions that follow, or see Duty drawback for every industry. Your entries decide.
- CBP regulatory impact analysis, USCBP-2018-0029, Nov 20, 2018, Table 1 and claims by type[1]
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