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After a second go around this spring in drumming up interest from the drawback community to take part in the Drawback Paperless Prototype Program in New York, Customs has roughly 40 participants signed up.
On June 18th the Paperless Prototype Program for Drawback began. This means that these 40 participants who are allowed to file claims in New York can now submit drawback claims by way of ABI and may not have to file the paper claim. I know what your thinking. If they have to file the paper claim, what part of this program is "paperless"? Well that's just it. Although it is not a true "paperless" process, it is considered a step in the right direction.
So how is this program going to work exactly? If a participant's claim falls into the acceptable category, meaning if a claim is not pending a ruling or a commercial interchangeability determination, or pending a drawback privilege approval, or is a NAFTA claim; or requires a Single Entry Bond; or is requesting MPF fees, and is prepared to Customs specifications, they may file the claim by way of ABI. At this point Customs will determine if this claim will be accepted and processed as is or whether the filer will need to submit the paper claim and supporting documents. In the event Customs requires the filer to submit the paper claim and supporting documentation, Customs will send an email to the filer notifying them of this decision. At this point the filer will have ten days to respond or risk having their claim denied and possibly being booted out of the program.
What makes a claim filed in this manner different than any other claim is that the earliest export date used within the claim must be entered in the "D 11 Contract Record". The contract record is a new field reserved for this purpose. That's all well and good for a manufacturing claim but what if the claim is unused? We're told that you use the contract record here as well.
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