Maximize Your Refunds with Our Duty Drawback Experts

Importing and exporting? Boost your Customs refunds by 15%+ with our specialized drawback platform. Track your claims in real-time and get paid faster.

What is duty drawback?

Duty drawback is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program that lets importers recover up to 99% of duties, taxes, and fees on goods that are exported or destroyed. Filing a duty drawback claim helps businesses cut import costs, boost cash flow, and improve trade efficiency. Partnering with Flexport’s duty drawback experts ensures compliant, accurate filings and maximum refund recovery.

Who is eligible for duty drawback?

Duty drawback is not industry‑specific — it’s available to any U.S. business that imports goods and later exports or destroys them under U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) rules. Whether you’re in manufacturing, retail, or technology, you may qualify to recover up to 99% of import duties, taxes, and fees. Claiming a duty drawback refund helps companies reduce import costs, boost cash flow, and maximize trade profitability.

Common Complaints about Drawback		Flexport’s Solution
𝗑	Manual process. Drawback is highly dependent on manual spreadsheets, physical documents, and a lot of back-and-forth.	✓	Leveraging technology. Automated data collection, document ingestion and digitization, third-party data ingestion and validation, and claim generation where possible.
𝗑	Data needed is unreliable. Drawback often requires data cobbled together from various sources, resulting in lost revenue or disqualification from recovery.	✓	Quality data. Imports and other transactions performed with Flexport automatically produce granular data necessary to facilitate drawback recoveries. Flexport can also review and store data filed by other brokers.
𝗑	Little visibility to claim activity. It’s challenging to see past drawback claims and ensure all drawback opportunities are maximized.	✓	Access to your claims. Instant access anywhere and anytime to all drawback claims, claim data, and all supporting documentation on our platform.