Shipping From China to the US (Costs, Transit Times and Fees)
Landed Cost Calculator
Tell us what you are importing and where it is made, then add the factory price and freight. We find the HS code and the US duty, and show what one unit really costs you on the dock.
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What are you importing?
What does the factory charge?
Price terms on the quotePrice loaded on the ship at the port of export. Freight, duty and fees are added. Not sure? It is usually written next to the price.
Shipping and fees
Typical fees added: $350 broker and port, 0.5% insurance.
Your cost per unit
Shows here once you add the factory price and quantity.
Landed cost is the factory price plus duty, freight and fees, per unit. It is usually 20 to 60% above the factory price.
An estimate for planning. Have a customs broker confirm the HS code before you order, and get a freight quote for your route.
Why Unit Price Is Not Your Cost
A factory quotes you a unit price. What leaves your bank account per unit is that price plus ocean or air freight, the duty your HS code attracts, cargo insurance, and customs broker and handling fees. Price off the quote and you can win the order and lose the margin.
Run the number before you approve a sample, not after the container books. It is the difference between a price list you can defend and one you have to walk back.
- 01Duty is charged on the customs value, not the unit price, so the rate on your HS code moves the whole number.
- 02Freight lands per shipment, not per unit, so the same product costs more per piece on a smaller order.
- 03Broker, handling and insurance fees are small each and material together.
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We'll map a precise, tariff-aware landed cost based on your specs, HS classification, and real factory quotes.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Landed cost, duty, freight and the mistakes that quietly eat a margin.
Landed cost is the total cost of getting one unit from the factory floor to your warehouse door. It is the unit price plus freight, duty, insurance, and customs broker and handling fees, divided across the units in the shipment.
This calculator covers goods value, freight, customs duty, cargo insurance, and broker and handling fees. It does not include your domestic warehousing, returns, payment processing, or marketing costs, which sit downstream of import.
For most importers it runs 20 to 60% above the unit price. The spread is driven by the duty rate your HS code attracts, how dense and heavy the product is relative to its value, and how small the order is, because freight is charged per shipment and spreads over fewer units.
Type what the product is and pick where it is made. We match your description against the US tariff schedule, take the base rate for that code, and add the US tariffs in force for that code and country. The result lists each part, and the other codes your product could fall under, each with its own rate, so you can switch with one tap.
Yes. The looked-up rate is the base rate plus every additional US tariff we can confirm for that code and country: Section 301 on goods from China, the 2026 Section 301 forced-labor tariff, and Section 232 on steel and aluminum. They stack on the same customs value. If you type your own rate instead, use the all-in rate, not just the base rate.
US imports from China, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Türkiye and Brazil, each with its own additional tariffs. For any other country it gives the base rate only and says so.
Enter the price the factory quoted and pick its terms in step 2. The calculator only adds what those terms leave out: EXW and FOB get freight, duty, insurance and fees; CIF already carries freight and insurance to a US port, so it gets duty, fees and delivery from the port; DDP already carries everything, so nothing is added. The answer says which terms the final number is on, and it reads DDP once duty and delivery to your door are both in it.
Freight and broker fees are charged per shipment, so they divide across whatever quantity travels. Halve the order and the freight per unit doubles. This is the single biggest reason a small trial order looks unprofitable next to a full container.
The duty is only as right as the HS code. A description that says what the product is made of and what it does gets a stronger match than one word like "case" or "bottle", and the result tells you when a code depends on a detail you did not give. Freight rates move by lane and by season. Treat the result as a working figure for a pricing decision, and have a customs broker confirm the code, or ask us for a full landed cost, when you are committing to production.
Yes. We classify the product against the US tariff schedule, quote real factory pricing, and price the freight lane, so you get a landed cost you can build a price list on rather than an estimate. Submit an RFQ or book a call and we will map it.