Landed cost
Also: total landed cost · all-in cost
The true, all-in cost of getting a product to your door: product cost, freight, insurance, duty and customs fees combined.
Definition
Landed cost is everything it takes to get goods delivered — not just the supplier invoice. It adds international freight, insurance, duty (including any Section 301 or 232 tariffs), MPF and HMF, plus brokerage and inland transport.
It's the number you should price and plan margins against. Pricing off the invoice alone routinely gives away the margin, because duty and fees can add double-digit percentages.
Worked example
1,000 cotton tees invoiced at $6,000, with 16.5% base duty ($990), a 7.5% Section 301 duty ($450), freight, insurance and fees, land at roughly $8,200 — about a 37% uplift over the invoice.
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