Drawback

QUESTION: Our company is conducting a feasibility study to implement a program to take advantage of the manufacturing drawbacks (section 1313 a and b). Can anyone in the community can share their procedures how to obtain the import data when the drawback claimant is not the importer of record. ============ Answer: To claim drawback, the […]

QUESTION: We have filed several Section 301 exclusion requests for products which are eligible for drawback. Any concerns if we continue to file drawback for these products while the exclusion requests are under review? ========== You can continue filing Duty Drawback while your exclusion is pending. With your duty drawback you should be able to […]

QUESTION: I am proposing implementing a duty drawback program to help recover some the of section 301 costs for items made in China, imported to a warehouse in the U.S., then exported to a foreign country or shipped to the U.S. side of the U.S-Mexico border. For the latter, my company was not the exporter […]

QUESTION: We imported sheets of glass that, after import, were sample inspected and determined to not meet the specifications. The entire lot is assumed out of spec. and has been Rejected. The glass is Unused. The glass will be destroyed in the United States (Form 7553). Question 1: Which is the correct type of Drawback- […]

QUESTION: Not looking for service provider names – just answer to these questions: We are a US manufacturer that currently uses a Third-Party Drawback provider to submit our Duty Drawback Claims on our behalf. We are conducting a Benchmark of third-party drawback claim service providers to determine if we want to continue with our current […]

QUESTION: My company is in the process of filing for drawback on some 5,000 materials that were imported and subsequently exported (Direct ID and Manufacturing Claims). How do the members obtain proof of export for drawback? Do you retain copies of truck, air, and ocean b/l and courier labels when the goods are shipped? Do […]

QUESTION: My company is in the process of filing for drawback on some 5,000 materials that were imported and subsequently exported (Direct ID and Manufacturing Claims). How do the members obtain proof of export for drawback? Do you retain copies of truck, air, and ocean b/l and courier labels when the goods are shipped? Do […]

QUESTION: Our company is working with a consulting firm who is stating that we must gather all related documents (import, export, warehouse etc.) for every line item on a drawback claim. They have also stated that we must also keep a duplicate database to mirror our drawback brokers information. In my outreach to others in […]

QUESTION: Can someone from the ICPA group describe the process to get drawback documentation necessary from your current broker to implement a drawback program? How many hours of preparation for the employee does it involve in the beginning to set it up before the drawback company takes over? How much time will an employee need […]

QUESTION: At this time my company does not participate in the duty drawback program, but now with the increased tariffs on certain items we are looking into the possibility. I have a questions I was hoping to get some feedback. 1)      If my company is not the importer of record for the material used in […]