Customs duty drawback has long been recognized as a lawful means by which importers may reduce the realized impact of tariff duties on imported items. United States Customs and Border Protection (“CBP ...

In August, North Carolina-based cigarette importer, King Maker Marketing Inc., challenged a decision by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Customs) that rejected its claims for more than $11 million ...

Flexport recently spotlighted how technology can help unlock larger duty drawback refunds, urging companies to rethink how they manage claims. In a recent webinar, Tim Vorderstrasse, Flexport’s head ...

Between 2011 and 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processed an average of $896 million in drawback claims annually. But reviews by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and Office ...

As Republicans now look to build on the success of President Trump’s tax cuts with a second reconciliation bill, protecting duty drawback should remain a priority for Congress as it aims to grow our ...

Americans are not in a good mood this month after cutting big checks to the IRS, thanks to a complicated and unfair tax code. There is a feeling that large corporations and rich individuals know how ...

As global trade tensions swirl around us, it’s a good time to highlight one of the seldom discussed features of the U.S. trade environment: duty drawbacks. Many of the tariffs charged on imported ...

Rising tariffs and trade enforcement are reshaping the economics of international e-commerce. For brands importing into the U.S. and shipping globally, duty costs have climbed significantly-especially ...

MUMBAI: A special CBI court recently refused to discharge a former deputy commissioner (DC) of Customs for allegedly manipulating the Customs electronic data interface (ECI) system to enable ...