How to Calculate Landed Cost
Summary
The Hidden Dangers of Miscalculating Landed Costs in Today’s Trade War Climate You know that feeling—that tight knot in your stomach when something doesn’t add up? And if you haven’t yet, it’s only a matter of time—because in today’s volatile global trade environment, miscalculating your landed costs isn’t just a clerical error. Beneath the surface lurk import duties, taxes, tariffs, brokerage fees, insurance, port handling charges, storage, and inland transportation costs. And thanks to ongoing trade wars, those import duty fees aren’t stable—they’re a moving target, shifting with every political decision and retaliatory tariff. If you’re not calculating every single cent that it takes to get your product from a factory floor in another country to your warehouse shelf, you’re playing a dangerous game.