Screen a US duty drawback scenario for timing, export or destruction status, import records, matching evidence, and claimant documentation before starting a formal claim review.
Complete the eight screening fields to see:
A drawback case is more review-ready when the business can connect duty-paid import entries to qualifying exports or destruction, stay within the applicable time rules, identify a possible statutory path, and preserve entry, value, SKU, export, and claimant records. Missing links should be fixed before estimating a recoverable amount.
Illustrative ceiling = user-entered paid amount x 99%. This is not an expected refund. The tool lowers readiness when goods remain in US commerce, timing is outside the basic screen, or import, export, matching, and assignment records are incomplete.
Use it before engaging a drawback specialist or building a claim file. It is most useful for ecommerce returns, unsold US inventory exported to another market, rejected merchandise, and import-export programs with traceable SKU or part records.
Use 19 U.S.C. 1313, 19 CFR Part 190, CBP ACE drawback guidance, and the records for the actual import and export transactions. Do not treat the 99% ceiling as a guaranteed refund.
Official source notes and calculator assumptions should be reviewed before shipment, label purchase, invoice filing, or customs entry.
Official CBP overview of drawback concepts and the current program.
19 U.S.C. 1313Statutory drawback provisions and the conditions that vary by claim type.
19 CFR Part 190Current federal drawback regulations, including definitions, records, and procedures.
CBP ACE Drawback CATAIRTechnical filing data reference for formal ACE drawback claims.
Illustrative ceiling = user-entered paid amount x 99%. This is not an expected refund. The tool lowers readiness when goods remain in US commerce, timing is outside the basic screen, or import, export, matching, and assignment records are incomplete.
A seller paid $10,000 in eligible import charges, later exported unsold inventory, and can connect entry lines to export records by SKU. The tool shows a $9,900 illustrative statutory ceiling and a record-readiness checklist, but a formal review must determine what charges and transactions actually qualify.
Use 19 U.S.C. 1313, 19 CFR Part 190, CBP ACE drawback guidance, and the records for the actual import and export transactions. Do not treat the 99% ceiling as a guaranteed refund.
The result is a preparation aid, not a legal eligibility decision, drawback calculation, claim, protest, or filing service. A qualified drawback professional should review the statutory path, deadlines, eligible charges, claimant rights, substitutions, manufacturing records, and ACE filing data.
No. Up to 99% is a statutory ceiling for certain eligible duties, taxes, and fees under qualifying drawback provisions. The eligible base, path, records, timing, and transaction facts must be reviewed.
Some exported or destroyed returned, rejected, or unused merchandise scenarios may warrant review. A customer return by itself does not establish eligibility; connect the import, return, export or destruction, value, SKU, and claimant records.
A formal review generally needs entry-level evidence showing what was imported and what duties, taxes, or fees were paid. Missing entry data is a major readiness gap.
Some statutory paths allow substitution subject to detailed rules. Do not assume ordinary commercial similarity is enough; record the proposed relationship and obtain qualified review.
Claim rights, certificates, assignments, and records can matter when importer, exporter, manufacturer, and claimant are different parties. The relationship must be documented rather than assumed.
No. It produces a browser-only readiness screen and an illustrative ceiling. It does not submit data to ACE or determine eligibility.
Use the AI HS Code Finder, CSV Catalog Checker, and Import Duty Calculator to prepare customs data before shipping.
