U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that effective April 22 drawback claims transmitted in the Automated Commercial Environment will be routed directly to the Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Minerals Center of Excellence and Expertise for more effective and efficient workload processing. The drawback program and drawback specialists were consolidated under the Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Minerals Center effective Oct. 6, 2025.
CBP notes that filers should continue to transmit drawback claims via ACE and in accordance with the CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR). Drawback claims will be assigned to Team FDK and routed to the appropriate drawback specialist team internally depending on the first character of the importer of record. Drawback claims, privilege, and ruling applications submitted prior to April 21 will remain at the drawback office location where they were initially filed and will be processed by that office.
CBP adds that any remaining paper (pre-ACE) claims will remain at the drawback office location where they were initially filed and will be processed by that drawback office. Additional documentation regarding these requests should be sent to the processing drawback office to whom the filers have previously communicated.
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