CBP Made Certain Drawback Bond Errors Fatal, Removing Accelerated Payment
CBP title: Updates to Drawback Bond Validations and Error Codes
This message is from June 17, 2026. Later CSMS messages may have changed it. See the latest trade news
What did CBP announce?
CBP announced that on June 16, 2026 it deployed updates to drawback bond validations in ACE, changing several error codes from informational to fatal. A fatal error removes Accelerated Payment from a drawback claim. The message listed specific codes affected, including invalid or inactive surety and bond numbers, bond insufficiency, and bonds outside their effective period.
What is Allied's position?
We file duty drawback claims for clients and depend on accurate, active bond information to avoid these fatal errors. At the time, this change meant that a bond problem on a claim would automatically remove Accelerated Payment rather than just flag it. Clients do not need to take action on this notice itself, but later CSMS messages may have adjusted these validations, so clients should ask us about the current status of any pending drawback claim.
General information, not legal advice.
What does the CBP message say?
On June 16, 2026, CBP deployed updates to Drawback bond validations. These updates changed the errors from Informational (I) to Fatal (F). As a reminder, an Accelerated Payment (AP) is removed from the claim if a Fatal error is generated.
The following error codes were updated to a Fatal error:
003: Invalid or Inactive Surety Code
004: Inactive or Terminated Bond
008: Not Authorized Accelerated PMT (AP)
082: Invalid Bond Number
124: Bond Detail Not Allowed Bond Waived
125: Not eligible to Waive Bond
285: Invalid Bond Type Status
286: Invalid Bond Designation
287: Bond Insufficient
144: AP Not Allowed Pending Ruling or Pending CID
566: Bond not in Effective Period
589: Surety CD Mismatch for Drawback Bond
For additional guidance, please refer to the Drawback Error Dictionary in the “Supporting Documents” section of the CATAIR at ACE Automated Broker Interface (ABI) CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) (https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flinks-1.govdelivery.com%2FCL0%2Fhttps%3A%252F%252Fwww.cbp.gov%252Ftrade%252Fautomated%252Fcatair%2F1%2F0100019d0276322c-3a095843-8328-4b4a-a47c-151fdc066996-000000%2FpI-tiJ5k9CJIiS6cgTcqEl76ZibCW2CykA6m8978RFE%3D449&data=05%7C02%7Caltese.e.cabiness%40cbp.dhs.gov%7C78629490cb5144c2279208de852621e6%7Ce4b16b844c564f279af730345a161ad4%7C0%7C0%7C639094595983606644%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XS10nJZpiFNQbKw2PFkuAFsmAE47hVZzqDLPs6LlalE%3D&reserved=0).
For questions, please contact OTDrawback@cbp.dhs.gov (mailto:OTDrawback@cbp.dhs.gov) or your Client Representative.