How long does duty drawback take?

With it, CBP can pay before the claim is final; its only published timing, from 2018, is that 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.

The full path has four stretches:

1. Gathering records. Up to you and your broker; one quarter is enough to start.
2. Claim package. Within 24 hours of a complete package.⁠*
3. Broker review and filing. Your broker reviews every line and files in ACE.
4. CBP. Accelerated payment, as above, or payment after liquidation. CBP pays the claimant by ACH.

If you don't yet have accelerated payment, CBP has up to 90 days to decide your application, which must include a bond.

Manufacturing claims also wait for a ruling before payment.

IEEPA refunds run on CAPE's schedule, not drawback's; see How long does CAPE processing take?

We don't promise when CBP pays; no one outside CBP can.

*24 hours from a complete package: entry summaries (CBP 7501), commercial invoices, packing lists, transport documents and export records for the period, plus the bill of materials and production records for manufacturing claims. We tell you the moment your package is complete, and the clock starts then. CBP rulings, waivers and approvals are separate from this clock.