Import Duty & Landed Cost Calculator
Work out what an import really costs: duty, import VAT or GST, US customs fees and shipping on top of the goods. Enter your duty rate and the calculator applies the rules for the US, EU, UK, Canada or Australia, including the low-value parcel rules.
How to Use
- Pick the country you are importing into. The calculator switches to that country’s rules for what duty and tax are charged on.
- Enter the goods value, the number of units, and the shipping and insurance you paid to get them there.
- Enter the duty rate for your product. Look it up by its tariff code: the US HTS, the UK Trade Tariff, the EU’s TARIC, Canada’s Customs Tariff or Australia’s Working Tariff.
- Add any additional duties (such as US Section 301 tariffs), your VAT or GST rate, and broker or clearance fees.
- Read the landed cost, the cost per unit and how much duty, tax and fees add. Switch to Selling price to find the price for a target margin.
Worked Example
Into the UK. £2,000 of goods with £150 shipping, a 4% duty rate, 20% import VAT and a £30 broker fee. The UK charges duty on the goods plus shipping: £2,150 × 4% = £86.00. VAT is charged on that value plus the duty: (£2,150 + £86) × 20% = £447.20. Landed cost: £2,000 + £150 + £86 + £447.20 + £30 = £2,713.20. A VAT-registered business reclaims the £447.20, so its real cost is £2,266.00.
The same goods into the US. $2,000 of goods with $150 shipping at 4%: the US charges duty on the goods only, $2,000 × 4% = $80.00. There is no import VAT. Goods worth $2,500 or less go on an informal entry, which pays a flat $2.77 Merchandise Processing Fee. Landed cost: $2,000 + $150 + $80 + $2.77 = $2,232.77, before any state use tax or broker fee.
A small parcel into the UK. A £90 order with £8 postage is under the £135 limit, so there is no customs duty and the seller charges VAT at checkout: £98 × 20% = £19.60, for £117.60 in all.
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How Import Duty Works, and How the Small-Parcel Rules Changed
Customs duty is one of the oldest taxes there is. Today almost all of it is ad valorem: a percentage of the goods’ value. Two international agreements make that work the same way in most countries. The World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System, in force since 1988, gives every product a six-digit code that countries extend with their own digits. The WTO Customs Valuation Agreement makes the price actually paid for the goods (the transaction value) the starting point for the value duty is charged on. Countries still differ on one detail: whether international freight and insurance are added to that value. The EU and the UK add them (CIF); the US, Canada and Australia do not (FOB).
Small parcels were long exempt. The US de minimis exemption began in 1938 at $1, according to the Federal Register; Congress raised it to $5 in 1978, $200 in 1993 and $800 in 2016. The flood of online orders that followed led to a reversal. Executive Order 14324 suspended the $800 exemption from 29 August 2025, CBP made the suspension indefinite by rule on 24 June 2026, and a law ends the exemption on 1 July 2027. The EU removed its €150 duty exemption on 1 July 2026 under Council Regulation (EU) 2026/382, replacing it with a temporary €3 duty per tariff line until 1 July 2028. The UK has announced that its £135 relief will end by October 2028.
About This Calculator
You supply the duty rate; the calculator supplies each country’s rules: what duty and tax are charged on, the low-value parcel rules, and the US Merchandise Processing and Harbor Maintenance Fees. It rounds each charge to the cent, as a customs entry does, and shows every step. Rules are as of October 2026, from CBP’s fee notice for fiscal year 2027 (91 FR 48398) and de minimis rule (91 FR 37789), the European Commission’s notice on the €3 duty, GOV.UK’s guidance on goods sent from abroad, CBSA Customs Notice 20-18 and Memorandum D8-2-16, and the Australian Border Force and ATO pages on GST on imports.
It does not cover excise duty on alcohol, tobacco or fuel, anti-dumping deposits, preferential rates under trade agreements (enter the rate you qualify for), or carriers’ own clearance charges (add them as fees). Canadian provincial sales tax and US state use tax vary by place, so enter the rate that applies to you. Everything runs in your browser; nothing you enter is sent anywhere. Estimates for planning and education — not customs, tax or legal advice.
Related tools: VAT Calculator, Margin Calculator, and Currency Converter.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is landed cost?
It is everything you pay to get goods to your door: the price of the goods, shipping, insurance, customs duty, import VAT or GST, and customs and broker fees. £2,000 of goods with £150 shipping, 4% duty, 20% import VAT and a £30 broker fee lands at £2,713.20 — 36% more than the goods alone.
Is import duty charged on the shipping cost?
It depends on the country. The EU and the UK charge duty on the goods plus shipping and insurance to the border. The US, Canada and Australia charge it on the goods value alone. So goods worth 1,000 with 200 shipping at a 10% rate pay 100 in duty in the US but 120 in the EU or the UK. Australia leaves shipping out of duty but adds it back for GST.
Is there still a duty-free limit for small parcels?
Fewer than there were. The US suspended its $800 de minimis exemption on 29 August 2025, and a law ends it for good on 1 July 2027. The EU ended its €150 duty exemption on 1 July 2026 and charges a flat €3 per tariff line instead. The UK still charges no duty on goods of £135 or less, Australia none up to A$1,000, and Canada none up to C$150 by courier from the US or Mexico (C$20 otherwise). In the UK and Australia the seller charges VAT or GST at checkout instead.
What are the US MPF and HMF fees?
The Merchandise Processing Fee is 0.3464% of the goods value on a formal entry (goods over $2,500), with a minimum of $34.58 and a maximum of $670.86 from 1 October 2026; an informal entry pays a flat $2.77. The Harbor Maintenance Fee is 0.125% of the value and applies only to goods arriving by sea. $10,000 of goods by sea pays $34.64 MPF and $12.50 HMF.
Where do I find my product’s duty rate?
Find your product’s tariff code (HS code) in the destination country’s tariff: the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule, the UK Trade Tariff, the EU’s TARIC, Canada’s Customs Tariff or Australia’s Working Tariff. The first six digits are shared worldwide; the rest are national. A free trade agreement can cut the rate to 0% if the goods meet its rules of origin.
How do I use the Import Duty & Landed Cost Calculator?
Simply type your numbers and read the result, which refreshes the instant you change something. There is nothing to submit and nothing to wait for.
Do I need to install or sign up for anything?
Not at all — it runs in the browser with nothing to install and no account. After it loads once, it even works without an internet connection.
Is my information private?
Yes. Everything happens in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to a server or saved anywhere.
Common Use Cases
Ordering from an overseas factory
$10,000 of goods by sea into the US with $1,240 freight and insurance, 5% duty and a $150 broker lands at $11,937.14, or $59.69 a unit for 200 units.
Pricing imported stock
500 units bought for $2,000 with $300 air freight and 12% duty cost $5.09 each landed; a 40% margin means selling at $8.48.
A parcel from abroad
A £90 order with £8 postage into the UK pays no duty, but the seller adds £19.60 VAT at checkout.
An EU business import
€5,000 of goods with €425 freight and insurance at 3.7% duty and 21% VAT pays €200.73 duty and €1,181.40 VAT, most of which a VAT-registered business can reclaim.
Importing into Australia
A$3,000 of goods with A$330 freight and insurance at 5% duty pays A$150 duty and A$348 GST, because GST is worked out on the goods, freight, insurance and duty together.
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