Total Landed Cost Calculator

The quoted FOB unit price only covers the product itself at the point of origin — freight, duties, insurance, customs brokerage, and inland transport are all separate costs layered on top before the goods reach your warehouse. Depending on the shipment, these additions commonly add anywhere from 15% to 50% or more onto the base unit cost.

Both are calculated as a percentage of the FOB product cost alone, not the combined cost-plus-freight (CIF) value some countries use as their duty basis. If your import jurisdiction assesses duty on a CIF basis, the actual duty you're charged may run a bit higher than this calculator's estimate.

Larger order quantities spread fixed costs like customs brokerage fees over more units, typically lowering the per-unit landed cost even though freight often scales with volume too. Comparing landed cost per unit across different order sizes can reveal a meaningful savings from consolidating shipments.

Two suppliers with very different quoted unit prices can end up costing about the same — or reverse their ranking entirely — once freight distance, duty rates for their country of origin, and shipping method are factored in. Landed cost is the only apples-to-apples number for comparing suppliers in different countries or regions.

The Freight as % of Total and Duties as % of Total outputs isolate each of those two line items against the whole landed cost, which helps identify where negotiating or optimizing would have the biggest impact. A shipment where freight dominates points toward carrier or consolidation savings, while one where duties dominate points toward sourcing-country or tariff-classification review.