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Customs and Border Protection: Risk Management for Tariff Refunds Should Be Improved

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 17, 2019
Release Date Dec. 17, 2019
Report No. GAO-20-182
Summary:

Since 1789, the U.S. government’s drawback program has encouraged manufacturing and exports by refunding certain customs duties. For example, a merchant who paid duties on imported fabric, made it into clothes, and then exported the clothes could claim a refund for import duties paid. The program refunds about $1 billion a year.

We found problems in how CBP checks these claims. For example, CBP’s new electronic records system doesn’t include enough details on exports. CBP must manually check claims but currently isn’t doing so. It could be issuing refunds it shouldn’t issue.

We made 6 recommendations to address this and other problems.

Example of Potential Drawback

Illustration showing that company imports fabric, pays import charges, manufactures pants using imported fabric, exports manufactured pants, and files drawback claim

Illustration showing that company imports fabric, pays import charges, manufactures pants using imported fabric, exports manufactured pants, and files drawback claim

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