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Landed Cost

A tool of Moltline Shipping Maths

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Total what a unit really costs once freight, duty and fees are in. FREE.

Duty is applied to goods value, tax to goods plus duty plus freight — the
common import treatment — and the order is spelled out in the response so
you can check it against your own broker's method. Typical input
{"unit_cost": 8.5, "quantity": 200, "freight_total": 640, "duty_pct": 6.5,
"tax_pct": 0} returns {"goods": 1700.0, "duty": 110.5, "freight": 640.0,
"tax": 0.0, "total_landed": 2450.5, "landed_unit_cost": 12.25, ...}.

Use before setting a price on imported stock. Not for the margin that price
leaves you — that is the dropship server's margin_check. Errors: on invalid, missing, or malformed input this tool never raises a protocol error — it returns {"error": "<what is wrong and how to fix it>"}. Every call is read-only and idempotent, so after correcting the input it is always safe to retry.

Input schema

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
unit_costnumberyesEx-works cost of one unit in your currency. Must be greater than 0.
quantityintegernoUnits in the shipment. Must be at least 1. Default 1.
freight_totalnumbernoTotal freight and insurance for the whole shipment, not per unit. Default 0.
duty_pctnumbernoImport duty as a percentage of goods value, e.g. 6.5. Default 0.
tax_pctnumbernoImport VAT or GST as a percentage of goods plus duty plus freight, e.g. 20. Default 0.
other_feesnumbernoBrokerage, port and handling charges for the shipment. Default 0.
Raw JSON schema
{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "unit_cost": {
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Ex-works cost of one unit in your currency. Must be\ngreater than 0."
    },
    "quantity": {
      "default": 1,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Units in the shipment. Must be at least 1. Default 1."
    },
    "freight_total": {
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0,
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total freight and insurance for the whole shipment,\nnot per unit. Default 0."
    },
    "duty_pct": {
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0,
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Import duty as a percentage of goods value, e.g. 6.5.\nDefault 0."
    },
    "tax_pct": {
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0,
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Import VAT or GST as a percentage of goods plus duty plus\nfreight, e.g. 20. Default 0."
    },
    "other_fees": {
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0,
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Brokerage, port and handling charges for the shipment.\nDefault 0."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "unit_cost"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

First seen 2026-09-14 · last seen 2026-09-15