Free Tool · Landed Cost

Landed Cost Calculator

Why CIF?Pro (on request)

Goods value and transport

Price at the port of shipment, without freight.
Sea, air or land freight to the point of import.
Transport insurance to the point of import.
All amounts in the same currency.

Charges under the tariff of the importing country

On the CIF value, not on the goods value.
Excise, where applicable — on CIF plus duty.
VAT/GST on CIF plus duty, excise and fees.
Port, inspection or levy fees on CIF.
Customs clearance, documents, THC — an amount rather than a percentage.
From the point of import to the warehouse, not dutiable.
For the cost per unit.
Landed cost
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total
Per unit
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including all charges
Mark-up on FOB
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effective
Customs value (CIF)
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Basis of measurement
ItemBasisRateAmount
Enter the goods value, the freight and the rates from your tariff.

Why duty is charged on freight and insurance as well

In most customs tariffs — and in all that follow the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement — the basis is not the goods value but the CIF value: goods plus freight plus insurance to the point of import.

In practice that means: Costlier freight raises the duty. Choose air freight over sea freight and you pay not only the freight difference but duty and import VAT on it. At a duty rate of 20 per cent every additional euro of freight costs around 1.20 — not 1.00.

CIF = goods value + freight + insurance
Duty = CIF × duty rate
Excise = (CIF + duty) × rate
Import VAT = (CIF + duty + excise + fees) × rate
Landed cost = CIF + duty + excise + fees + onward carriage (+ VAT, if not reclaimable)

What matters in practice

  • The order of assessment differs by country. Whether fees enter the tax base is set by national law. The calculator assumes the common case — check it against your tariff.
  • Reclaimable tax is not a cost item: It is cash flow and still ties up capital between import and refund — with long refund periods that is a real interest item.
  • Preferences change everything. A proof of origin can reduce the duty rate to zero. Whether it applies depends on the rules of origin, not on the country of supply.
  • The exchange rate is the official one of the import day: Not the one at purchase. With volatile currencies that shifts the calculation noticeably.

This calculator deliberately holds no duty rates. They depend on the tariff code, the importing country, preference agreements and ongoing changes — a maintained table across thirty countries would be wrong within months. The rates are in your tariff; the calculation runs entirely in the browser.

Pro · import costing

Whole article lists instead of single positions

The Pro version calculates complete article lists with stored tariff codes, preferences and exchange rates and compares sourcing options against each other. This function is exclusively on request and after approval provided.

  • Article list from Excel or CSV
  • Tariff code per article, rates per importing country
  • Preference comparison with and without proof of origin
  • Sea against air including the duty effect
  • Exchange rates as at the import day
  • Shareable report (PDF & Excel)
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No automatic download/export without approval – provision only upon request.