The steps:
- Find the claim. Match exports or destructions to duty-paid imports from the last five years.
- Gather records. Entry summaries (CBP 7501), invoices, packing lists, transport documents and export records.
- Clear the gates. Manufacturing claims need a ruling. Unused merchandise exports need a notice of intent before export, a waiver of prior notice, or a one-time retroactive approval.
- Settle IEEPA first. Keep entries with IEEPA duty off the claim until their CAPE question is settled.
- Prepare the claim lines. Each line names the import entry and line, the 10-digit HTS code, the duty paid and the matching export.
- Review and file. A licensed broker holding your power of attorney reviews and files.
CBP reviews and pays. With accelerated payment, CBP can pay before the claim is final.
Its only published timing, from 2018: processing "will generally take place within 3 weeks of the claim resubmission date."
Without it, a claim is deemed liquidated one year after filing unless CBP extends it, up to four years.
With us, you upload, and the agent handles the matching, the IEEPA check and the claim lines for your broker's review.
- 19 CFR 190.51[1]
- 19 CFR Part 190, Subparts B and C[2][3]
- CBP CSMS #18-000737, Dec 17, 2018[4]
- 19 U.S.C. 1504[5]
Also asked
- How do you file a duty drawback claim?
- How do you claim a duty drawback on exports?
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.
