Landed cost is the total cost to get imported goods to your door: the goods value plus international freight, insurance, import duty, and any broker or handling fees. It is the true cost basis for pricing and margin — not the invoice price of the goods alone.

How do you calculate landed cost per unit?

Add the goods value, freight, insurance, duty, and fees to get the total landed cost, then divide by the number of units in the shipment. The result is the per-unit cost basis you should price and cost against.

Does landed cost include duty and freight?

Yes. Landed cost is deliberately all-in: it includes the international freight and insurance the importer pays and the import duty owed at the border, on top of the goods value, plus any brokerage or handling fees.

Landed Cost Calculator

The all-in cost to land imported goods at your door — goods, freight, insurance, duty, and fees in one number. Enter the duty if you have it, or let the tool work it out from a tariff rate. Add a quantity and you get the per-unit cost basis to price and margin against.

Goods value ($)

International freight ($)

Cargo insurance ($)

Other fees ($, broker / handling)

Import duty ($)

Duty / tariff rate (%)

Valuation basis

Duty is worked out on the customs value for this basis; freight and insurance still count in full toward the landed cost.

Quantity (units, optional → cost per unit)

Total landed cost

all-in to your door

Cost per unit —

Duty included —

Added cost over goods —

What landed cost is

Landed cost is the true cost of an import — every dollar it takes to get the goods from the supplier to your door. The invoice price is only the start; add freight, insurance, duty, and broker or handling fees and the real basis for pricing and margin is often 15–40% higher than the goods alone.

Landed cost = goods + freight + insurance + duty + fees

Why per-unit matters

A total is useful; a per-unit landed cost is what you price against. Divide the landed cost by the units in the shipment and you have the cost basis for each piece — the number that decides whether a sale price actually makes money once the border is paid.

Enter duty, or let the tool find it

Already ran the Import Duty tool? Enter the figure. Or switch to Calculate duty, give a tariff rate and a valuation basis, and this tool works the customs value and duty out for you before rolling it into the landed cost — the whole chain in one place.

A planning estimate. Final duty, valuation, and fees are set by your broker and the destination customs authority.