Manufacturing Tariff Refunds
Industrial machinery, raw materials, and components subject to baseline and country-specific IEEPA tariff rates. Manufacturers face duties on both production inputs and finished equipment.
Recovery Potential
$6.3B in manufacturing IEEPA duties eligible for recovery
Affected Classifications
Affected HTS codes
Key tariff classifications in the manufacturing sector that paid unlawful tariffs and are now refundable.
| HTS Code | Description | Tariff rate | Executive Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8458.11 | Horizontal lathes for removing metal (CNC turning centers) | 25% | EO 14195 |
| 8462.21 | Bending, folding, and straightening machines for metal (CNC press brakes) | 25% | EO 14195 |
| 7208.51 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, hot-rolled | 25% | EO 14195 |
| 7606.12 | Aluminum alloy plates, sheets, and strip (rectangular) | 25% | EO 14195 |
| 8481.80 | Industrial valves and similar appliances for pipe or boiler systems | 25% | EO 14195 |
Typical Recovery
What manufacturing importers recover
Based on filing data from manufacturing importers using our platform to recover tariffs ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court.
$500K–$15M for mid-to-large importers
typical recovery range
Case Study
Vector Industrial filed protests on 890 liquidated entries before the 180-day deadline
A Midwest industrial manufacturer discovered that 890 of their entries had already liquidated and fell outside the CAPE Phase 1 window. Our team filed formal protests within the 180-day window, preserving their right to $4.1M in IEEPA refunds on steel, aluminum, and CNC equipment imports.
Filing Challenges
Industry-specific complications
Manufacturing refund claims come with unique challenges that generic filing tools miss. Our platform is built to handle them.
Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs overlap with IEEPA duties, requiring careful duty-type isolation
Capital equipment imports may have been entered under temporary importation bonds, complicating refund eligibility
Long lead times on machinery imports mean entries may span multiple IEEPA executive order periods
Spare parts and replacement components are often classified differently than the parent equipment
Multi-plant operations with different importers of record require coordinated filing strategies
Drawback claims on manufactured exports from imported materials must be reconciled with IEEPA refunds