DrawbackAI matches your imports to your exports, applies US Customs' drawback rules, and tells you exactly how much you can recover under 19 USC § 1313 — in minutes, not months.
Imports as CSV, ACE export, or PDF 7501s. Exports as CSV, AES/EEI filings, or commercial invoices. No mapping work — we infer fields. Sample data is one click away.
We pair imports to exports across all five drawback types — direct identification, substitution, manufacturing, unused, and rejected. We respect the 5-year clock, the 8-digit HTS rule, the "lesser of" cap, and AD/CVD and IEEPA exclusions.
A dashboard with your estimated refund, a breakdown by drawback type, expiration warnings for time-sensitive lots, and a one-page PDF you can share with your CFO or hand to your broker to file.
Imports later exported in the same condition, or substituted on an 8-digit HTS basis under TFTEA. We pair every line to the best-cost export available.
Direct-identified or substituted inputs consumed in producing exported finished goods. We trace BOMs across multi-input products.
Goods returned, destroyed, or not conforming to specification. We surface eligible rejection events from your data and tie them to the original entry.
Drawback-eligible. We isolate § 301 duties on Chinese-origin lines and roll them into the recoverable total under each applicable drawback type.
Direct-ID drawback eligible. Substitution is not. We calculate § 232 recovery only where the rule allows — and tell you which lines were excluded and why.
Merchandise Processing Fee, Harbor Maintenance Fee, and Internal Revenue Tax all recoverable on the 99% factor. We compute them line-by-line.
Self-serve workspace, role-based access, and an audit trail behind every match.
Click a match and see the "lesser of" calc, the 99% refund factor, and which fees rode along — duty, MPF, HMF, and IRT.
AD/CVD, IEEPA-restricted Executive Orders, and out-of-window imports are itemized — never silently dropped from your total.
Each match links to the statutory basis (19 USC § 1313(a)–(p)) and the relevant 19 CFR Part 190 section, with confidence shown line-by-line.
Drawback is a US Customs program that refunds 99%of duties, taxes, and fees on imported goods that are later exported, destroyed, or used to manufacture exports. It exists so US producers and re-exporters aren't taxed on goods that never end up consumed in the US.
The legal basis is 19 USC § 1313, with implementing regulations in 19 CFR Part 190.
Five years from the date of import to the date the drawback claim is filed (19 USC § 1313(r)). DrawbackAI flags lots within 90 days of expiration so you can prioritize filings before the clock runs out.
Section 301 — yes, fully drawback-eligible across all five drawback types. Section 232 — direct-identification only; substitution is not allowed under current CBP guidance. IEEPA reciprocal tariffs — generally not eligible; we exclude them and tell you so.
AD/CVD duties are not drawback-eligible and are excluded line-by-line in your report.
Not by default. The estimate is yours to take to your existing broker, or we can route filing through our partner brokerage at a flat per-claim fee. Brokerages on our whitelabel plan file directly out of their own ACE accounts.
At minimum: your import history (CBP 7501s, an ACE export, or a CSV with entry number, HTS, country of origin, entered value, and duty paid) and your export history (AES/EEI filings, commercial invoices, or a CSV with date, HTS, value, and destination). Manufacturing claims also need a BOM.
If you don't have one of these in a clean form, we'll parse PDFs. If you have nothing, try the sample dataset.
Every match has a confidence rating — high, medium, or low — based on HTS specificity, time-window proximity, and value alignment. We never include a low-confidence match in your headline number without flagging it. The estimate is bracketed by a low and high range so you can see the spread.
Final refund is always determined by CBP at liquidation.
Encrypted in transit and at rest. SOC 2 Type II in progress (audit window ends Q4). Your data is never used to train models that benefit other customers, and you can delete every uploaded file with one click. Brokerage workspaces are tenant-isolated.
Specialty firms charge 20–30%contingency, work mostly with the largest importers, and turn estimates around in months. We are software: flat pricing, no contingency, an estimate in minutes, and an audit trail you can read. We're a complement to those firms — many brokerages run our tool under their own brand to serve clients they couldn't profitably serve before.
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