AI duty drawback
Duty drawback for aerospace and defense suppliers
Parts you export or build into exports may return up to 99% of the duty;[1] your broker files.† Drawback runs on commercial records, so CUI and technical data stay out.
About 3 minutes on a sample file. Your email and name open it. We never ask for your ACE login or bank details.
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- Published fees
2026 duties
The 2026 duties that matter in aerospace
Drawback on Section 232 duties depends on the program.
| Duty | What to know in aerospace | Drawback |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary duty | On dutiable parts | Eligible[1] |
| Merchandise processing fee, harbor maintenance tax | On most entries | Eligibleon the matched share[2] |
| Section 301, China | Chinese-origin components | Eligible[3][4] |
| Section 301 forced-labor duties | 10% or 12.5%, in force July 24, 2026; product exemptions apply[5][6] | Eligible[3][4] |
| Section 122 surcharge | 10% on entries from February 24 to July 24, 2026; "certain aerospace products" were excepted[7] | Eligiblewhere paid[8] |
| Section 232, commercial aircraft, jet engines and parts | No tariff; Proclamation 11040 (July 9, 2026) directed negotiations[9] | Nothing to claim today[9] |
| Section 232, primary steel, aluminum and copper | Primary metal articles | Not eligible[10] |
| Section 232, metal derivatives from trade-agreement partners | Since April 6, 2026[11] | Manufacturing drawback only[11] |
| Section 232, drones and drone components | From September 3, 2026; more components from February 9, 2027[12] | Manufacturing drawback onlywith partner-content conditions[12] |
| IEEPA | Fentanyl and border duties; reciprocal duties | CAPE firstFentanyl and border duties barred. Reciprocal duties go to CAPE first.[13][14][15] |
Most IEEPA refunds go through CAPE. We check every entry for CAPE first.[15]
Who files CAPE
CAPE is filed by the importer of record or its filing broker; refund firms work through one of them.[15]
Claim types
Where drawback shows up in aerospace
Your entries decide which of these fit.
19 U.S.C. 1313(j)
Spares sold abroad
Imported parts exported unused to repair shops or airlines abroad can support unused-merchandise drawback.[1]
19 U.S.C. 1313(a) or (b)
Parts built into exports
Imported forgings, bearings or fasteners in assemblies you export can support manufacturing drawback, once a ruling is in place.[1][16]
Notices for spares sold abroad
Spares sold abroad. Each export needs a notice of intent five working days ahead, or a waiver; past exports without one need a one-time retroactive approval.[19]
Example
A worked example from the demonstration file
Meridian Aerostructures is a fictional aerostructures supplier. Its Q2 2025 file holds 12 entries, 73 documents and six export shipments.
| What the file shows | Amount |
|---|---|
| Duty, taxes and fees paid on the 12 entries | $554,789.77 |
| Duty matched to exports: ordinary $47,747.34 plus Section 301 $16,500.00 | $64,247.34 |
| Not eligible Section 232 duty on aluminum plate | $30,600.00 |
| No matching export in the file: ordinary $96,212.00 plus Section 301 $22,425.00 | $118,637.00 |
Drawback at 99%
$63,604.87
From 7 import-export matches
- IEEPA duty flagged for CAPE (14 lines on 11 entries)
- $335,333.09
One line, start to finish
Entry 716-2042014-4 brought in 220 titanium forgings from a U.K. supplier and paid $46,860.00 of ordinary duty. Export records show 120 forgings shipped to a repair shop in Brazil.
Eligible duty: $46,860.00 × 120 ÷ 220 = $25,560.00. At 99%: $25,304.40. The entry's $31,240.00 of IEEPA duty is flagged for CAPE.[20]
The answer key leaves out the merchandise processing fee and harbor maintenance tax. 19 CFR 190.3 allows the share on matched lines; the next version adds it, and these totals will change.[2] The file also does not model notices of intent for unused-merchandise exports.
Get started
See it on records like yours.
Run the demo on a sample file. About three minutes.
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Upload one quarter.
Entry summaries, invoices and export records.
WhoYou
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AI drafts your claim.
It ties each export to its import, to the cent.
WhoThe agent
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Your broker files. CBP pays you.
The refund goes directly to your bank account.
WhoA licensed broker
Your email and name open the demo. We never ask for your ACE login or bank details.
Ready now? Start a claimWhat to upload
Commercial records only. CUI stays out.
Drawback needs part numbers, quantities, values and dates.
Upload
- 7501s
- Invoices
- Packing lists
- Transport documents
- Export records
Keep out
- CUI-marked files
- Drawings
- Specifications
- Technical data
- Covered defense information
Export-controlled technical data, CUI-marked files and drawings stay out of the file in either mode. Sealed is not an ITAR or EAR authorization.
Before you upload
- Leave out any file marked CUI, and any drawing, specification, or ITAR or EAR technical data.
- Leave out covered defense information. DFARS 252.204-7012 requires FedRAMP Moderate-equivalent security from cloud services that handle it, and keeping images of affected systems for at least 90 days after a reported incident.[21] A service built to erase its working copy is the wrong place for it.
- If an export record carries license details, ask your export-compliance lead before you include it.[22]
Sealed or Standard
Which mode fits an aerospace file?
The commercial records that remain still show your supplier prices, part numbers and customers.[22][23]
| What changes | SealedPrivate by default. Provable on request. | StandardMay use outside AI. Staff access logged. |
|---|---|---|
| Who can read your documents | Only the people you approve, such as your broker | Named NexQloud staff, with every access logged |
| Outside AI | None. The model runs inside the sealed machine | May be used, on terms that bar training |
| Used to train any model | Never | Never |
| What your broker sees | The claim lines it files, and a document only if you release it | The claim lines and the documents behind them |
| After the run | Working copy erased, with a signed receipt | Deleted on schedule after the engagement |
Your fee at your size
Enter an amount, like 2.5m or 750k.
If CBP pays you $1,000,000: Sealed fee $175,000, Standard fee $155,000.
$175,000
- Effective rate
- 17.5%
- You keep
- $825,000
$155,000
- Effective rate
- 15.5%
- You keep
- $845,000
Sealed fits records that must stay private: trade secrets, such as supplier prices or customer lists you protect, records for export-controlled goods, or a customer contract that requires confidential processing.
Standard is enough when your records hold nothing you would mind a named, logged NexQloud specialist seeing, or an outside AI provider processing. It costs 2 points less.
Show the math
- Sealed
- 20% × 500,000 + 15% × 500,000 = $175,000 (17.5%)
- Standard
- 18% × 500,000 + 13% × 500,000 = $155,000 (15.5%)
What each mode protects
Same checks, same licensed broker.
Sealed. No outside AI provider ever receives your documents, and nothing trains on them. No one sees your documents without your consent, and each run ends in a receipt anyone can check against AMD's keys.
Standard. An outside AI provider may process your documents, only on terms that bar training. Nothing trains on them. Only named NexQloud staff can open them, to fix an exception or answer a support request, and every access is logged.
Sealed is not a CMMC, FedRAMP or export-control credential. CMMC Phase 1 requirements still apply; DoD suspended Phase 2 on July 13, 2026.[21] Regulated trade
You can change modes for later uploads.
Questions
Questions aerospace suppliers ask
Many of our parts paid no duty. Is there anything to claim?
If a line paid no duty, there is nothing to draw back on it. Look at the lines that did: ordinary duty, Section 301 on Chinese-origin parts, the Section 122 surcharge where it applied, and fees. Your entries decide.
Our export filings name our customers. Who sees them?
In Sealed mode, no one sees your documents without your consent. Your broker sees the claim lines it files, and we see claim totals for billing.
In Standard mode, an outside AI provider may process your documents, only on terms that bar training. Only named NexQloud staff can open them, to fix an exception or answer a support request. Every access is logged.
Can our own broker file?
Yes. A licensed customs broker, ours or yours, reviews every line and files. Your power of attorney stays directly with your broker.