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Landed-Cost & CBAM Estimator
for EU Importers

Enter your shipment details to see the costs your spreadsheet is probably missing: customs duty, import VAT, CBAM, brokerage, detention & demurrage, and financing. Instant. Ungated. No account required.

Enter your shipment

Cost basis (ex-works / EXW)

Freight & insurance

Customs & tax

Check your HS code + origin in the EU TARIC database. Defaults to 0 - adjust for your commodity.

CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment)

Want the real CBAM number for your commodity?
This estimator uses your own input. For live EU emission factors and the official certificate price, try the CBAM Cost Calculator →
Estimate: embedded emissions (t CO₂e) × EU carbon price. If you don't have supplier data yet, enter 0 and adjust later.

Additional charges

Goods value × daily interest rate × transit days. Often left out of standard models.
Indicative planning estimate only - not tariff, legal, or tax advice. Actual customs duty rates depend on the HS commodity code, country of origin, and applicable trade regime (MFN, FTA, GSP, anti-dumping, etc.). Import VAT rates vary by member state and commodity category. CBAM certificate costs depend on verified embedded-emissions data and the current EU carbon price. All rates in this tool are user-entered and unverified. Always verify with official sources (EU TARIC, your customs authority) or your customs broker before making financial or sourcing decisions. The Declarant provides commodity-specific, verified landed-cost data.

What this estimator calculates

Most importers model landed cost as goods price + freight + duty. That figure is structurally too low. This tool adds the cost lines that typically go missing:

Customs value (CIF): The dutiable base under EU customs law is goods + freight + insurance. Duty is levied on this combined figure, not the ex-works price alone.

Customs duty: Duty rate × customs value. The applicable rate depends on your HS code and origin - enter your actual rate, or use 0 as a starting point.

Import VAT: Applied to customs value + duty (+ CBAM where applicable under the standard EU base). Recoverable for VAT-registered businesses, but it is real cash out at clearance, a working-capital cost even if you recover it later.

CBAM: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism certificates are a real financial cost from 2026 on iron/steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, electricity, and hydrogen. Enter your estimated cost, or leave at 0 if you don't have supplier emissions data yet.

Detention & demurrage: The most consistently underestimated cost in EU import supply chains. D&D invoices often arrive weeks after a shipment closes, too late for most ERP systems to capture against the shipment. Read more in our Insights article →

Financing: Capital tied up during ocean transit and customs clearance is not free. On large orders over long lanes, this is a real and recurring cost.

← Read: The True Landed Cost of Importing into the EU