AI duty drawback
Duty drawback for industrial machinery makers
Imported parts that leave the U.S. again, in machines or as spare parts, may return up to 99% of the duty.[1] Your broker files.†
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 machinery
Drawback on Section 232 duties depends on the program.
| Duty | What to know in machinery | Drawback |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary duty | On dutiable parts | Eligible[1] |
| Section 301, China | Lists 1 to 4A and later increases | Eligible[2] |
| Section 301 forced-labor duties | 10% or 12.5%, in force July 24, 2026; goods already under Section 232 are exempt[3] | Eligible[4] |
| Section 122 surcharge | 10% on entries from February 24 to July 24, 2026; Section 232 goods were excepted, so the two did not stack[5] | Eligible[6] |
| Section 232, primary steel, aluminum and copper | Primary metal articles | Not eligible[7] |
| Section 232, metal derivatives from trade-agreement partners | Since April 6, 2026, where the metal was smelted, cast, melted or poured in a partner country[8] | Manufacturing drawback only[8] |
| Section 232, auto parts and medium- and heavy-duty truck parts | Since November 1, 2025[9] | Manufacturing drawback only[9] |
| Antidumping and countervailing duties | Goods under an AD/CVD order | Not eligible[10] |
| IEEPA | Fentanyl and border duties; reciprocal duties[11] | CAPE firstFentanyl and border duties barred. Reciprocal duties go to CAPE first.[12][13] |
Claim types
Where drawback shows up in machinery
19 U.S.C. 1313(a)
Parts built into exported machines
Manufacturing drawback, direct identification. When one process makes several products, drawback is split among them by relative value.[1][14]
19 U.S.C. 1313(b)
Parts you can't trace
Substitution lets parts in the same 8-digit HTS subheading stand in for the imported ones, within five years.[1]
19 U.S.C. 1313(j)
Spare parts exported unused
Unused-merchandise drawback, with a notice of intent before each export or a waiver.[1][15]
19 CFR 190.3
Ocean freight
Harbor maintenance tax on ocean entries is drawback-eligible, along with the merchandise processing fee.[10]
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 claimExample
A worked example: one machinery line from the demonstration file
Entry 716-2042699-0 brought in 880 gear housings and gear blanks for actuator gearboxes from a supplier in China. Entered value: $96,800.00.[17]
| Duty on the entry, and where it goes | Amount |
|---|---|
| Ordinary duty, 2.5%Drawback on the exported share | $2,420.00 |
| Section 301, 25%Drawback on the exported share | $24,200.00 |
| IEEPA fentanyl duty (20%) and reciprocal duty (125%)CAPE first | $140,360.00 |
Export records show 600 of the 880 housings shipped abroad.
Drawback at 99%
$17,968.50
- Eligible duty
- $18,150.00
The file's bearing and valve lines follow the same arithmetic.
How we figured this
Eligible duty: ($2,420.00 + $24,200.00) × 600 ÷ 880 = $18,150.00; × 99% = $17,968.50.
The demonstration file belongs to a fictional aerostructures supplier, but several of its lines are machinery parts: bearings, hydraulic valves and gearbox housings.
The answer key leaves out the merchandise processing fee and harbor maintenance tax; 19 CFR 190.3 allows the share on matched lines, and the next version adds it.[10]
Sealed or Standard
Your bill of materials is in the file
A manufacturing claim rests on your production records and your bill of materials.[14]
| 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 your bill of materials, supplier prices or customer lists you protect, 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.
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.
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 your file shows
Writing in WCO News in June 2022, Intel's chief trade officer said hardware-level protection is "especially important" for data that "relate to the most intimate information or the manufacturing bill of materials."[18] Your invoices add supplier prices and every charge.[19] Together they show what your machines cost to build.
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 them without your consent. Your broker sees the claim lines it files, and we see claim totals for billing. 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.
You can change modes for later uploads.
Questions
Questions machinery makers ask
We ship to Canada and Mexico. Does drawback still work?
What about the steel and aluminum in our parts?
Do our records need to be perfect?
No. Start with one quarter. The agent lists what is missing in plain words, and the 24-hour clock starts when your package is complete.*
*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.