Our services
The Customs Duty Refund Program
“An experienced team identifying every available tariff refund and savings opportunity with no effort by in-house personnel.”
Cerny Associates has helped companies significantly reduce their overall tariff burden. In the Customs Duty Refund Program, our firm reviews client’s customs entries and, using targeted and sophisticated ruling and case law database research techniques, we identify imports that can be reclassified to lower duty rates, resulting in substantial tariff refunds and savings. We also identify other duty savings opportunities available as a result of valuation issues, obscure customs rulings or little-used regulations. Customs has estimated that nearly 80% of all customs entries contain errors. The vast majority are misclassifications or other errors resulting in significant overpayments of customs duties.
Cerny Associates obtains complete approval of the refunds or savings from U.S. Customs on the client’s behalf and then forwards the refunds to the client as they are received. This service is performed on a contingency fee basis, so the client pays nothing unless we find refund or savings opportunities.
Our services include “Pre-Class” and our specialty “Fast Class” classification programs of goods with the most accurate and lowest duty tariff code possible using the Harmonized Tariff Schedule in the United States. |
