Question
Why is landed cost higher than freight alone?
Because cross-border shipments can add duty, import tax, insurance, and customs handling on top of the shipping charge itself.
Ecommerce
Use OmniCalc's international shipping calculator to estimate landed cost from product value, freight, insurance, duty, import tax, and customs fees.
International shipping calculator
Use product value, freight, insurance, duty, import tax, and customs fees to estimate the full landed cost instead of looking at postage alone.
Why this result matters
An ecommerce cross-border shipping calculator that estimates landed cost by combining product value, freight, insurance, duty, import tax, and customs fees. Use the tool above to enter a few clear inputs and get a practical answer you can use right away.
This international shipping calculator helps ecommerce operators estimate the real landed cost of a cross-border shipment instead of looking at freight alone. It is useful for pricing, sourcing, and destination-market decisions because import duty, tax, and customs fees can materially change product economics.
Formula and method
The calculator combines product value, freight, and insurance into customs value, calculates duty from that amount, adds customs fees, then applies import tax to the taxable import base. The result is a fuller landed-cost estimate for cross-border shipments.
Example
If product value is 120, shipping is 28, insurance is 4, duty is 8%, import tax is 12%, and customs fees are 9, the calculator estimates total import fees and final landed cost.
FAQ
Short answers to the questions people often ask before or after using the tool.
Question
Because cross-border shipments can add duty, import tax, insurance, and customs handling on top of the shipping charge itself.
Question
In this calculator it is the product value plus freight and insurance, which forms the base for the duty calculation.
Question
No. This tool gives a practical estimate, but exact rules vary by destination, product class, and carrier or broker process.
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