Import Landed Cost Calculator

Landed cost is the number that decides whether a product is a business or a hobby, and for cross-border sellers the two pieces that break it are import duty and VAT. This calculator builds the full per-unit landed cost the way customs actually assesses it: start with the product cost, add ocean freight, then layer duty and VAT on top in the right order.

The order matters and most spreadsheets get it wrong. Duty is charged on the cost plus the freight — the value you're importing. VAT is then charged on that dutied value, not on the factory price alone. So a product that costs $5 with $1 freight, a 5% duty, and a 20% VAT does not simply cost $5 + $1 + 5% + 20%. The duty is $0.30, and VAT lands on $6.30, not $5. Skip that step and you understate the tax by real money on every unit.

Then add your last-mile cost — the domestic delivery from the port or warehouse to Amazon. What's left is the true per-unit landed cost, and that is the number your profit math should start from, not the ex-factory quote your supplier sent.

The rates are yours to fill: duty depends on the HS code, VAT on the destination country. If you're shipping to the EU, the VAT rate is the local one from the VAT Calculator on this site. De minimis rules can zero out duty on small shipments, but VAT usually still applies, so don't assume a low-value parcel is tax-free.

Run this before you commit to a container. If the landed cost comes back higher than your planned price minus fees allows, you learn it here, with no inventory and no regret, instead of after a warehouse full of red.