Landed Cost Calculator: The Real Cost Per Unit, Landed

Product cost alone is not what a unit actually costs you. Freight, customs duty, insurance and broker fees all land on top before that inventory ever reaches your shelf. This calculator adds them up and divides by quantity so you know the real number to build your pricing and margin around.

What landed cost actually includes

Landed cost is the total cost of getting a product from your supplier to your warehouse, ready to sell: the product cost itself, freight or shipping, insurance if you carry it, customs duty, and any other fees like customs brokerage or port handling. Divide that total by the number of units in the shipment and you get the landed cost per unit, the number that should actually anchor your pricing.

How customs duty is calculated here

This calculator applies your duty rate to the CIF value, product cost plus freight plus insurance, which is the valuation method most customs authorities use to assess duty. Some countries or product categories calculate duty on the FOB value, product cost alone, instead, so check the specific tariff classification and valuation method that applies to your shipment and country before treating this as a final figure for customs purposes.

Why pricing off product cost alone is a mistake

A product that costs $5 to manufacture is not a $5 cost once freight and duty are added, it might be closer to $6.35. Price a whole catalog off factory cost alone and your real margin quietly erodes shipment by shipment, especially as freight rates and tariffs move. Use landed cost, not product cost, as the floor your pricing and margin calculations start from.

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