Tariff and Landed Cost Calculator

When to use this

• Sourcing an imported product and needing the real per-unit cost.
• A product's margin came in lower than planned and import costs are suspected.
• Comparing two sourcing countries or two routes.
• Quoting a landed cost before committing to a supplier.

The framework. The Landed Cost Stack

Factory price per unit (EXW or FOB)
  plus  Freight           (ocean or air, per unit = shipment freight / units)
  plus  Import duty       (HS code duty rate x customs value)
  plus  Additional tariffs (trade-remedy or country-specific tariffs, if any)
  plus  Customs fees      (entry / processing / harbor or handling fees)
  plus  Insurance         (cargo insurance, small but real)
  plus  Inland and broker (port-to-warehouse trucking, customs broker fee)
  =     Landed cost per unit

The HS code. the line that decides the duty

• The HS code is determined by what the product is and what it is made of.
• A small difference in materials or function can move the product to a different code with a very different duty rate.
• When the code is uncertain, treat the duty as an estimate, mark it, and recommend confirming the classification with a customs broker before relying on the number.

Additional tariffs

Step by step

1. Collect inputs. The product and its materials, the origin country, the destination marketplace, the factory price and Incoterm (EXW or FOB), the freight cost and units per shipment, and the HS code if the seller has it.
2. Classify. Confirm or estimate the HS code from the product and materials. If estimated, flag it and recommend a broker confirmation.
3. Find the base duty rate for that HS code and route.
4. Check for additional tariffs specific to the product and origin country. Mark any policy-dependent rate as an estimate.
5. Build the stack. Factory price, freight per unit, duty, additional tariffs, customs fees, insurance, inland and broker. Compute landed cost per unit.
6. Hand off the number. State clearly that this landed cost is the input to amz-fba-calculator and amz-profit-analyzer.
7. Run the quality check, then deliver.

Output format

## Landed Cost. [product]

Route: [origin] to [destination]   HS code: [code, confirmed or estimated]

### Landed cost stack (per unit)
Factory price:        [$]
Freight per unit:     [+$]
Import duty:          [+$]   (rate [%] on customs value)
Additional tariffs:   [+$]   (if any. mark as estimate if policy-dependent)
Customs fees:         [+$]
Insurance:            [+$]
Inland + broker:      [+$]

### Landed cost per unit: [$]

### Flags
[HS-code-estimate warnings, policy-dependent-rate warnings]

Use this landed cost as the cost input for amz-fba-calculator and amz-profit-analyzer.

Worked example

Quality check

• All six layers added to the factory price are included.
• The duty rate is tied to an HS code, and an uncertain code is flagged with a recommendation to confirm with a broker.
• Additional or trade-remedy tariffs are checked, not just the base duty.
• Policy-dependent rates are marked as estimates with a warning symbol.
• The output states that the landed cost is the input for the FBA and profit skills.

Common mistakes

• Planning on the factory price. The single most common import-cost mistake.
• Guessing the HS code. A wrong classification means a wrong duty and possible customs penalties.
• Missing additional tariffs. Trade-remedy tariffs can exceed the base duty and are easy to overlook.
• Forgetting the small lines. Customs fees, insurance, broker, and inland trucking are individually small and collectively significant.
• Stale rates. Tariff policy changes. a rate from last year may no longer hold.

Built by Jay GPT Pro