Trade Margin Tools

Landed cost is the total per-unit cost of an imported product delivered to your warehouse — FOB price + freight + insurance + duty + destination handling + drayage. It's the only number that matters when calculating margin. Most importers under-budget by 30-50 % because they forget the destination charges.

FOB is best for recurring imports >$5K when you have a forwarder. CIF is convenient for first-time importers (one quote, but ~10-25 % markup). DDP is for samples or zero-hassle micro-orders — most expensive but zero operational risk. Read the full comparison at /blog/fob-vs-cif-vs-ddp-which-incoterm-protects-new-importers/.

CBM (cubic meter) = (length cm × width cm × height cm) ÷ 1,000,000. Volumetric weight (kg) = cm³ ÷ 5,000 (this site's default — equivalent to CBM × 200), used for ocean LCL and general air-freight consolidation. Express couriers may apply cm³ ÷ 6,000 (CBM × 167) instead. Carriers bill the higher of actual gross weight or volumetric weight — light/bulky cargo gets billed by volume.

The duty rate input is a free-form percentage so you can enter whatever your specific HS line dictates. We don't auto-lookup HS codes (rules change yearly per country) but we link to the official tariff lookups for US, EU, UK, China.

Yes — every calculator URL-encodes the full input set into the URL hash. You can email or paste the link and the recipient sees the same calculation locally. Nothing is uploaded to our servers.

It's the same site under a different module. Pick 'Pro-Chef yield' from the nav for sous-vide cook times, hydrocolloid ratios (xanthan/agar/gellan), and protein yield-loss percentages.

No. Free forever, funded by sponsor links to freight forwarders + customs brokers (clearly labeled). No premium tier, no email signup, no rate limits.