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Total Landed Cost at 72% duty and freight inclusion: a worked example
Suppose duty and freight inclusion falls to 72%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Roll up the true delivered cost of goods including freight, duty, and clearance, not just the supplier price.
The inputs for this scenario
- Units shipped: 10,000 units (held at the documented default)
- Landed cost per unit: 23.75 $/unit (held at the documented default)
- Duty and freight inclusion: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
- Customs brokerage and clearance fees: 4,800 $ (held at the documented default)
Working through the calculation
- The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Landed cost = units x landed cost per unit x inclusion% + brokerage and clearance fees.
- Total total landed cost works out to 175,800 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
- Total landed cost per unit works out to 17.58 $ / piece at these inputs.
- Variable total landed cost works out to 171,000 $ at these inputs.
- Fixed total landed cost adder works out to 4,800 $ at these inputs.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where duty and freight inclusion sits at 100% and the headline result is 242,300 $, this scenario comes in 27.45% below the baseline at 175,800 $.
- It computes total landed cost as units times per-unit landed cost times a duty-and-freight inclusion percentage, plus fixed customs brokerage and clearance fees, then derives the true cost per piece. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.
Results at a glance
- Total total landed cost: 175,800 $ (headline result)
- Total landed cost per unit: 17.58 $ / piece
- Variable total landed cost: 171,000 $
- Fixed total landed cost adder: 4,800 $
Run it with your numbers
- To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Total Landed Cost calculator, set duty and freight inclusion to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.