U.S. Customs and Border Protection estimates billions of dollars in drawback go unclaimed every year, and industry analyses suggest as much as 85 percent of eligible refunds are never pursued. For high-volume exporters, capturing these missed opportunities can translate into hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars returned to the bottom line annually.
With increasing global trade uncertainty cutting into manufacturer profits, our Excel file can help manufacturers turn an often overlooked U.S. Customs program into a reliable source of cash recovery for manufacturers and importers. Under duty drawback rules, manufacturers can reclaim up to 99 percent of duties, taxes, and fees they’ve already paid on imported goods that are later exported or destroyed – yet most original equipment manufacturers and importers unintentionally leave 7-12 percent of potential refunds on the table.
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Our tracker helps strengthen your competitiveness by lowering the effective cost of goods sold in global markets, all without requiring changes to sourcing, production, or pricing strategies. It also helpful audit tool, systematically matching specific import entries to corresponding exports so claims are accurate, defensible, and free from costly penalties for errors or overclaims.
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