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Profit Per Order
1,000-unit import · transparent allocation

What does an $8 supplier unit really cost after import?

In this illustrative shipment, an $8.00 supplier unit becomes $11.27 landed after freight, duty and logistics.

Scenario

Start with the shipment, not the supplier quote.

Units1,000
Supplier unit$8.00
International freight$1,800
Duty rate5%
Other logistics$980
Decision mathlanded shipment = goods + freight + insurance + duty + brokerage + port + domestic freight + inspectionlanded shipment = $11,274.00landed unit = $11,274.00 ÷ 1,000 = $11.27
Result

The non-supplier costs add more than $3 per sellable unit.

Landed unit$11.27True planning unit cost
Shipment total$11,274.00All modeled landed costs
Uplift40.9%Above supplier price
Decision

Do not price this SKU from the $8 supplier quote.

The landed unit is the number that belongs in margin and wholesale pricing. Supplier price alone understates the modeled unit cost by more than 40% in this scenario.

Illustrative planning example only. Replace every assumption with current supplier, platform and operating data before making a decision.