Import duty and landed cost calculator

Enter your FOB price, HTS duty rate, and US-side charges to see the true total landed cost — and exactly how much goes to customs, CBP fees, and logistics versus the goods themselves.

Shipment costs

Free On Board price — what you pay the supplier, before shipping.
Your product's Harmonized Tariff Schedule rate. Look up at hts.usitc.gov.
Ocean, air, or rail freight from origin to US port.
Leave 0 to auto-estimate at 0.35% of FOB.

US-side charges

Typical range: $150–$500 per entry.
Destination charges, ISF filing, terminal handling — typically $300–$700.
Trucking from port to your warehouse or 3PL. Typically $400–$1,200.

Optional: per-unit cost

Leave blank to skip per-unit calculation.

Your results

Total landed cost$58,894
Import duty
$2,734
MPF (Merchandise Processing Fee)
$173
HMF (Harbor Maintenance Fee)
$63
CIF value (dutiable basis)
$54,675
Duty burden (% of FOB)
5.94%
Duty as % of landed cost
5.04%

Estimate only, not financial, tax or legal advice. Check your own figures and contract before relying on it.

How import duty and landed cost are calculated

The total cost to import goods — your landed cost — includes much more than the supplier invoice price. Every US import entry goes through US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which collects three types of import charges on top of the supplier price and logistics costs.

The four components of landed cost

  1. FOB price — what you pay the supplier. "Free On Board" means the supplier delivers the goods to the port of origin; you bear costs from that point.
  2. CIF value (dutiable basis) — FOB price plus international freight plus cargo insurance. Import duty is assessed on CIF value, not FOB alone.
  3. Import duty — the tariff rate for your product's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) code, applied to the CIF value. Look up your HTS code and rate at hts.usitc.gov. Rates range from 0% to 37.5% for most consumer goods; Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods add 7.5–25% on top.
  4. CBP fees — two fees are assessed on nearly every formal entry:
    • MPF (Merchandise Processing Fee): 0.3464% of FOB, with a minimum of $31.67 and a maximum of $614.35 per entry (2024 rates).
    • HMF (Harbor Maintenance Fee): 0.125% of FOB, assessed on ocean and certain inland waterway shipments only.

US-side logistics charges

After CBP clearance, importers typically pay a customs broker fee ($150–$500 per entry), port destination charges and terminal handling fees ($200–$500), and drayage — trucking from the port to a warehouse or 3PL ($400–$1,200 depending on distance and port congestion). All of these are included in this calculator's landed cost total.

Per-unit cost

If you enter the number of units in the shipment, the calculator divides total landed cost by unit count to show the per-unit landed cost. This is the correct cost basis to use when pricing products for resale — not the supplier unit price.

HTS lookup

Your product's HTS (Harmonized Tariff Schedule) code determines the duty rate. Use the USITC's HTS online tool at hts.usitc.gov to find your 10-digit HTS code and the associated duty rate before completing a purchase order.

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Sources

  1. US International Trade Commission — HTS Online Reference Tool (accessed 2026-10-25)
  2. CBP — Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) (accessed 2026-10-25)
  3. CBP — Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF) (accessed 2026-10-25)
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