China Import Cost Calculator
Know your real landed cost before you order — this free calculator from SourceEyes puts goods, freight, insurance, duty and taxes into one number. Built for importers worldwide, whatever your destination country. Enter your numbers below; everything updates live.
SourceEyes built this calculator from real shipment files: 6 cost lines, 3 shipping modes and 2026 freight ranges, so the number it returns is close to what a first order actually lands at.
How to use this import cost calculator
Enter the factory’s unit price and your order quantity, then your shipment weight and volume. Pick a shipping method — the calculator fills in a 2026 ballpark freight rate that you can overwrite with your forwarder’s actual quote. Choose your destination country to auto-fill VAT/GST, add your product’s import duty rate, and this import cost calculator gives you the number that really matters: total landed cost and landed cost per unit.
Import cost vs FOB price: why the difference matters
The factory’s FOB price is only the first line of your import cost. Between the factory gate and your warehouse, freight, insurance, duty, VAT and handling fees typically add 30–60% — and none of them appear on the supplier’s quotation. This import cost calculator turns that gap into a number you can plan with: run your own figures, compare shipping methods, and see the per-unit landed cost you need to beat to make a margin. Importers who skip this step usually discover the gap when the goods are already at the port.
For your own shipment, check the duty rate for the product’s HS code in the ITC Market Access Map, and confirm classification rules with the World Customs Organization. Two numbers usually decide the gap: the HS code, because the duty rate hangs off it, and the valuation basis, because duty is normally assessed on CIF — goods plus freight plus insurance, not the ex-works figure on the invoice.
Get the code wrong and you overpay or lose days at the border. The SourceEyes import cost calculator tests both before you commit to an order. Rates change — the import cost calculator is your planning tool, and your broker has the final word.
What goes into a landed cost
The SourceEyes import cost calculator builds the total from six lines. Here is what each one covers — and which of them the factory quote leaves out:
- Goods value — factory price × quantity (you pay the factory directly)
- Freight — sea LCL/FCL, air or express, port to port or door to door
- Cargo insurance — typically 0.3–0.6% of goods + freight
- Import duty — your country’s tariff rate for the product’s HS code, usually charged on CIF value
- VAT / GST — charged on CIF value + duty; reclaimable for registered businesses in many countries
- Broker & handling — customs clearance, terminal handling, documentation, last-mile delivery
Where most importers get surprised
Three things usually blow the budget: duty charged on freight-inclusive value, taxes stacked on top of duty, and ‘cheap’ goods that turn out to have a high defect rate. The first two are math — an import cost calculator handles them. The third is why SourceEyes verifies factories and inspects goods before they ship. See what a pre-shipment inspection covers or SourceEyes sourcing services.
SourceEyes does not stop at the arithmetic: the same 6 lines are checked against real supplier quotes, and the duty rate is confirmed against the HS code before the deposit moves.