Data-Driven Solutions for Duty Drawback

Alliance Drawback Services, a licensed Customs broker, specializes in the assessment, implementation, and comprehensive management of duty drawback recovery programs.

Learn how Alliance can help your company maximize refunds compliantly.

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Our Duty Drawback Process

From Drawback Refund Assessment to Filing Your Drawback Claims

Step 1: Drawback Assessment

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Our complimentary drawback assessment provides potential claimants initiating a new program with a detailed analysis of maximum recovery potential by tariff number and drawback provision.

For existing programs, the assessment serves as validation whether the program is maximizing recovery while minimizing regulatory compliance exposure.

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Evaluate your current program’s performance
Identify untapped recovery potential
Intuitive reporting helps you understand your program’s true potential
Recognize process gaps to enhance administrative efficiency

Step 2: Program Implementation

Comprehensive Solutions

We take full responsibility for the implementation and ongoing management of your duty drawback program.

We assign a team of drawback specialists to your account
Establish program operational procedures to ensure efficient and timely claim processing
Draft and submit US Customs drawback privilege applications for your business and ruling requests for your program as needed
Outline a detailed project plan with timeline from start-up to receipt of first drawback payments
Program progress monitored with periodic status calls
Suggest best-practice recommendations related to your program

Step 3: Drawback Claim

Cutting-Edge Analytics

We utilize advanced tools and custom software to prepare and optimize drawback claims accurately. Additionally, we place an emphasis on ensuring the highest degree of regulatory compliance for your program.

We gather all your data and documents to support your claim
Full process automation, when available
Extensive validation of data guarantees data integrity
Claim results delivered in a proprietary custom report
Refund check received 30 days from the date of filing

Step 4: Continuous Support

Opportunity And Advocacy

Alliance routinely evaluates your business for new drawback opportunities. In addition, we act as your liaison with Customs in the event of a drawback claim review or audit.

Custom post claim financial reporting
Cloud based data and record retention to support your claims
Routinely assess your business for new recovery potential
We perform periodic internal reviews to validate regulatory compliance

What Is Duty Drawback?

Duty Drawback is the refund of 99% of the duties, taxes and fees paid to Customs and Border Protection on merchandise imported into the United States that is either exported directly or matched with exported substituted product.

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The Advantage of a Drawback Expert

General Brokers & Third Party Logistics Providers

General Customs Brokers that offer drawback services as an ancillary service usually do not possess the regulatory expertise, specialized software and analytics, and drawback specific knowledge to compliantly prepare drawback entries.

Since drawback is not their core service offering, they may lack operational resources to offer a turnkey solution, and instead will push critical elements of the process back on the drawback claimant.

Why Not Do It Ourselves?

The development and ongoing management of an in-house drawback program can be a daunting endeavor for your trade compliance department’s limited resources. Also, a lack of drawback knowledge and systems can result in missed recovery and compliance exposure. We offset our fees through recovery maximization.

A successful drawback program requires the following critical elements:

Understanding drawback’s numerous legal provisions to select the most advantageous option when more than one can apply
Extensive drawback specific regulatory expertise needed to avoid exposure with Customs
Knowledge of operational process needed to accurately construct drawback claims
Personnel resources to gather required documents and data elements

Additionally, highly sophisticated drawback software with extensive functionality is required to generate drawback claims for electronic submission in Customs’ ACE drawback processing module.

Subject Matter Experts

We focus on providing highly specialized drawback program management services and nothing else… no import brokerage, logistics, or trade compliance related services. We bring unparalleled statutory and regulatory expertise combined with cutting edge data analytics to each client’s program resulting in recovery maximization with the least amount of possible compliance exposure.

Alliance Drawback Services offers a comprehensive drawback solution – we take full responsibility for all elements of the drawback process from compliance to claim preparation. We operate strictly on a percentage of the recovery which incentivizes us to maximize the client’s recovery. Further, we assume as much of the administrative burden as possible so our client’s personnel can stay focused on its core business activities.