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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)

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. TradeShield 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