Duty Drawback Discovery

You paid the duty.
You exported the product.
You may be owed the money back.

If your company imports goods into the United States and later exports merchandise, components, finished products, or commercially interchangeable products, there may be recoverable duty hidden inside your customs history.

You do not need to know whether you qualify. Give us the data. We find the opportunity.

Secure review • No obligation• Customs-data driven

Import Entries

  • Entry #843291HTS 8471.30
    Duty Paid$82,400
  • Entry #843486HTS 8504.40
    Duty Paid$41,200
  • Entry #844021HTS 3926.90
    Duty Paid$27,900

Matching Engine

Import Entry
SKU / Product
Export Record
Potential Drawback

Discovery Summary

Potential Recoverable Duty

$486,240

Entries Reviewed1,842
Potential Matches127
StatusOpportunity Found

Illustrative example only. Actual eligibility depends on transaction history, documentation, and applicable drawback rules.

Customs Data Review
Licensed Customs Expertise
Secure & Confidential
Historical Opportunity Discovery
No Obligation to Review
Do you have duty drawback?

You may not know.
Your data does.

Most businesses do not organize their operations around duty drawback. The refund opportunity can disappear between systems. Our job is to connect them.

  • Import records

    May live with customs.

  • Export records

    May live with logistics.

  • Product data

    May lives in an ERP.

  • Manufacturing info

    May sits somewhere else entirely.

ImportDuty PaidExportPotential Refund
Quick Qualification

Are you an importer?

Answer five quick questions. We'll tell you whether a drawback discovery audit makes sense.(0/5)

01

Have you imported products into the United States?

02

Have you paid customs duties or tariffs?

03

Have you exported products from the United States?

04

Do you manufacture products using imported materials or components?

05

Have you ever completed a comprehensive duty drawback audit?

The money gets lost between systems

The import team knows what came in. The export team knows what went out. Almost nobody connects the two.

Customs Broker

Has import entry data.

ERP

Has SKU and product records.

Logistics

Has export records.

Drawback
Discovery

Finance

Sees duty as an expense.

Manufacturing

Knows what went into the finished product.

Duty drawback is frequently a data problem before it is a filing problem.

Simple Discovery Workflow

From customs data to refund opportunity

  1. 01

    Share Your Data

    Upload or connect available import and export records.

    • ACE entry data
    • ES-003 reports
    • CF7501 data
    • Export records
    • SKU files
    • Shipment histories
    • Inventory data
  2. 02

    We Match the Transactions

    Analyze relationships across your records.

    • Imports
    • Exports
    • Products
    • Dates
    • HTS codes
    • Quantities
    • Manufacturing relationships
  3. 03

    We Quantify the Opportunity

    A preliminary drawback opportunity report showing:

    • Potential claims
    • Estimated eligible duty
    • Matched transactions
    • Documentation gaps
    • Highest-value opportunities
  4. 04

    Validate & Claim

    Qualified opportunities move into expert review, documentation, and appropriate drawback filing.

Drawback Opportunity Types

Your refund may not look like a simple import-export match.

Unused Merchandise

01

Imported merchandise may later be exported or destroyed without being used domestically.

Potential path

ImportDutyExport

Substitution

02

Qualifying merchandise may potentially be matched to commercially interchangeable imported merchandise under applicable rules.

Potential path

Import A · DutyExport B · Match

Manufacturing

03

Imported materials or components may be used in manufacturing before qualifying finished products are exported.

Potential path

ImportComponentManufactureExport

Eligibility is subject to applicable law, documentation, time limits, and CBP requirements.

Don't start with a claim.
Start with the opportunity.

A discovery summary quantifies what your transaction history may hold before a single claim is filed — so you can prioritize the highest-value opportunities first.

Drawback Discovery Summary

High
Total Import Entries Reviewed
8,412
Duty Paid
$6,820,000
Export Records Reviewed
3,184
Potential Matches
482

Estimated Potential Drawback

$1,340,000

Illustrative example. Not a guarantee of eligibility or recovery.

The duty has already been paid.

The import already happened.

The export may already have happened.

The records may already exist.

The opportunity may already be sitting inside your data.

You just haven't connected it yet.

If you import and export, start here.

ManufacturingAutomotiveIndustrial EquipmentElectronicsConsumer ProductsMedical & PharmaceuticalFood & BeverageAerospaceMachineryRetailDistributionE-Commerce

Especially valuable for businesses with

01

High Duty Spend

Large annual customs and tariff outlay.

02

Meaningful Export Activity

Goods leaving the U.S. after import.

03

Complex SKU or Inventory History

Many products, components, and movements.

Drawback should begin with data.
Not guesswork.

Traditional drawback discovery often begins with a company already believing it has a claim. Our approach begins one step earlier. We ask:

Could your transaction history contain a claim you don't know exists?

Then let the records answer.

  1. 1

    Data

  2. 2

    Discovery

  3. 3

    Match

  4. 4

    Validation

  5. 5

    Claim

  6. 6

    Refund

After the Claim

Found a large drawback?

Qualified businesses may have options beyond simply waiting for the recovery process. For eligible documented drawback claims, financing or claim-purchase solutions may be available through affiliated capital partners.

Explore Refund Capital

Frequently Asked Questions

Duty drawback is a customs mechanism that may allow qualifying businesses to recover certain duties, taxes, and fees previously paid on imported merchandise when qualifying merchandise is later exported or destroyed.

No. The purpose of the discovery audit is to identify potential opportunities from your transaction history.

Start with whatever is available. Typical records may include:

  • ACE entry data
  • ES-003 reports
  • CF7501 information
  • Import records
  • Export records
  • SKU / product data
  • Inventory history
  • Bills of material
  • Manufacturing records

Additional documentation may be requested after opportunities are identified.

Eligibility and applicable filing periods depend on current drawback rules and the specific transactions involved. The audit will identify the relevant dates for each potential opportunity.

No. Discovery is an initial analysis. All potential claims remain subject to eligibility, documentation, applicable law, CBP review, and filing requirements.

No. The discovery process can begin with your historical data regardless of your existing brokerage relationship, subject to access and authorization requirements.

Yes. We emphasize secure handling, authorized access, and strict confidentiality throughout the discovery process. Your data is used only to identify potential drawback opportunities.
Find the money in the data

You paid the duty. Let's find out if you can get it back.

If you import and export, there may be a drawback opportunity hidden inside years of customs and shipment history. Don't guess. Run the data.

Talk to a Drawback Specialist

Secure • Confidential• No-obligation discovery review