Import Duty Calculator — the real landed cost
Enter your HS code, goods value and destination. We break duty, VAT/GST and fees into a true landed cost — and compare the US, EU, UK and Australia side by side. Then send it to Profit Margin.
Import Duty & Landed Cost
Enter amounts in the destination's currency (or the currency you'll pay duties in). VAT/GST and fees are percentage-based, so the result is currency-agnostic. For a per-unit landed cost to chain into Profit Margin, divide shipment totals by your unit count.
Figures are estimates using standard percentage rules and commonly-cited fee rates. De-minimis thresholds, MPF/HMF limits and VAT bases vary by commodity and change over time. A customs broker gives the firm number. SellHandy is not a broker.
Importing here vs there
Same goods, four destinations — total landed cost side by side (uses the rate you entered for every country; per-country rates differ in practice).
| Destination | Duty | VAT/GST | Fees | Landed cost |
|---|
Comparison applies your entered duty rate to all four countries for an apples-to-apples view of VAT/fee burden. For true per-country duty rates, use HS Code Lookup.
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Duty closes the gap between factory price and true cost. SellHandy carries it into your profit math.
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Estimate landed duty by HS code and destination.
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True net margin after fees, shipping and returns.
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The price you pay the supplier is the smallest part of what the product actually costs to land. Duty is where the gap opens.
What landed cost includes
Landed cost = goods value + freight + insurance + customs duty + VAT/GST + fees. Duty is rate × dutiable value, where the dutiable value depends on your Incoterm: CIF includes freight and insurance, FOB usually excludes them, and EXW adds the seller's inland costs. VAT/GST is then charged on (dutiable value + duty). Miss any one of these and your margin math is wrong.
De-minimis: the free pass
Every major market waives duty below a threshold: the US $800 (Section 321), the EU €150 (duty only; VAT from the first euro), the UK £135 (duty only; VAT collected at point of sale), and Australia AU$1,000 (duty and GST). Below these, duty often drops to zero — a big deal for low-value parcels and samples.
Compare before you choose a route
The Importing here vs there table shows the same goods landed in four markets at once. A product that's 16.5% duty in the US might be 0% as ITA electronics in the EU — sometimes the cheapest warehouse isn't the obvious one. Use HS Code Lookup first to get the right per-country rates, then compare.
Worked example
Goods $1,000, freight $120, insurance $10, duty rate 0% (ITA electronics), shipped CIF to the US:
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Dutiable value (CIF) | $1,130.00 |
| Customs duty (0%) | $0.00 |
| VAT/GST (US none) | $0.00 |
| Fees (MPF + HMF + broker) | $69.12 |
| Total landed cost | $1,199.12 |
With a non-zero duty rate or a VAT country, the landed cost rises by the duty and VAT lines — exactly what this calculator adds automatically.