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Duty Recovery Opportunity Estimator

CBP allows duty overpayment protests going back 4 years from entry liquidation. US importers collectively overpay more than $8 billion annually in customs duties. See how much may be sitting in your import history.

✓ 4-year CBP protest window
✓ Section 301 reclassification upside
✓ CAPE refund estimate
✓ Zero upfront cost
Your import profile
$5.0M
Total cost of goods imported per year (not including duties)
8.0%
Blended rate across all your entries. Check your broker's entry summaries.
3 yrs
CBP allows protests up to 4 years back from liquidation date
Methodology: Based on industry benchmarks — US importers overpay 1–3% of total duties annually due to HTS misclassification. The 4-year lookback reflects the CBP protest window under 19 USC 1514. Numbers are estimates, not guarantees.

From estimate to refund check in 3 steps

1
We audit your entries

Send us your import history. Declaro reviews every HTS code filed over the past 4 years against our classification engine and Section 301 tariff database.

2
We find the overpayments

Our AI identifies misclassified entries and quantifies the dollar recovery per line item. You see the exact entries, the correct codes, and the duty delta — before committing to anything.

3
You keep 80%

Your customs broker files the CBP protest. CBP issues the refund. Declaro takes 20% — only after you receive the money. Zero upfront cost.

Why your duties are probably higher than they should be

Three structural reasons most importers overpay — and why it rarely gets caught.

Brokers classify conservatively

Licensed customs brokers bear professional liability for underpayments — CBP penalties average $4,000 per entry. Overpayments are your problem, not theirs. Conservative classification is rational for them.

Section 301 changes constantly

The USTR has issued 40+ exclusion modifications since 2018. A product that qualified for a Section 301 exclusion in 2020 may have had that exclusion lapse without anyone noticing. The difference is often 25 percentage points.

The window closes quietly

CBP liquidates entries within 12 months of filing. The protest window is 180 days from liquidation. Most importers discover classification errors years after the window closes — when it's too late to recover.

The money exists. It just hasn't been found yet.

Declaro audits your last 4 years of CBP entries at no cost. If we find overpayments, we quantify them down to the line item — and your broker files the protest. You keep 80%. We take 20%. Only after CBP pays.