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US Import Duty and Customs Duty Calculator
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Calculate the Cost of your Clearance
Calculate the cost of your customs clearance hassle-free! Here’s a simple and efficient method to estimate all associated expenses, including duties and fees, when importing goods.
Please note that these customs estimates do not include Trump’s 2025 tariffs yet. Read more about Trump tariffs here.
Calculate the Cost of Your Clearance
Import Duty & Tax from China to USA 2026
Since Trump began to impose steep tariffs on a range of Chinese imports in the summer of 2018, and then intensifying tariff rules during his second term, the two countries have volleyed back and forth in what has come to be recognized as a trade war.
This is an ongoing and shifting landscape that directly impacts importers, making it vital to keep up with import duty regulations on the goods you ship.
While our US Customs duty calculator provides an estimate, the customs authority determines the actual rate of duty applied to shipments. For professional advice, and to see whether your goods are affected by America-China import tariffs, consult a qualified customs broker.
How To Use Our Free US Import Duty Calculator
It’s easy to estimate duties on this import duty calculator.
‘Importing from’ field: Select the country of import from the drop-down list.
‘Import to’ field: This import duty calculator only applies to imports into the US, but it will soon be extended to include the UK and other EU (European Union) countries.
‘I am importing field’: Type in one or two words that you feel most accurately hones in on your product. If more than one HS code is related to that word, a drop-down list will appear. Simply browse and select the HS code description that best fits your product.
Alternatively, select the Browse HS codes link (far right above the input box) and navigate down through HS classification system.
The import duty calculator will automatically calculate whether duty is payable for that HS code. It will either return “Estimated to be exempt from duties” or a customs duty rate (cents/kg). If it returns a customs duty rate, the Estimate Duties button will become active. Input shipment weight and click on the button. The import duty calculator will calculate and return an estimate for the total customs duty payable for the shipment.
Please note, that these are estimates only. The customs authority determines the rate of duty applied to a shipment. For professional advice, consult a qualified customs broker.
What Is Customs Duty?
Customs authorities check whether shipments coming into the country adhere to local law on, for instance, health, safety, and IP laws.
They also enforce customs duties regulations. A customs duty, sometimes called an import duty, is a tax applied to products imported for resale.
Import Duty Tax
Import duties or custom duty tax may be applied to protect local production, to penalize the country of import, to penalize a product that would be sold below fair market value (anti-dumping), or simply as a source of government revenue.
How is Customs Duty & US Import Tax Calculated?
Two variables determine whether customs duties and import tax apply:
Country of import and product,
Product (as defined by the HS code).
Please note that, despite hearsay, international freight shipments valued under $2,500 are not exempt from Customs duty.
A confusion between international freight customs duties rules and two other rules has probably caused this mistaken impression. Those other rules are that shipments valued below $2,500 are eligible for “informal customs entry”, and that Customs are less stringent when checking express freight (international courier) shipments.
US Customs Duty Charges with our US Customs Duty Calculator
It is easy to get confused by customs charges because there are several different types of charges. Some are charged directly by the customs authority and some are indirect charges made by other parties involved in the customs process.
The following table brings together these charges, why they are charged, and who charges them so you can understand your custom duty charges in the USA, in China, or wherever else you may be shipping.
Our US customs duty calculator will help you calculate your upfront customs charges – brokerage and any potential penalties or additional fees will be added later
Customs Clearance FeeForwarder or Customs BrokerAll countriesService charge to cover filing and clearance.PenaltiesCustomsAll countriesFines applying when customs regulations are breached, ranging from minor charges, e.g. for mislabeled cargo, to heavy fines (and prison sentences) for fraud.Customs Examination (X-ray, Tailgate or Intensive)CustomsAll countriesPass-through fee covering Customs use of third-party premises and services. Only applies to shipments undergoing inspection.Demurrage and Detention / Warehouse FeesAir or Ocean CarrierAll countriesPass-through fee from air or ocean carriers that covers shipment storage (demurrage and detention fees for FCL, warehouse fees for LCL). Shipments typically return from a customs inspection after the free period for these charges expires.ISF Filing FeeForwarder or Customs BrokerUS onlyService charge applying to ocean imports only, that covers filing in compliance with advance cargo reporting requirements. Often included as part of the Customs Clearance fee.Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF)CustomsUS onlySmall mandatory service charge to cover shipment processing.Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF)CustomsUS onlySmall mandatory service charge to cover use of US ports and harbors.Custom Bonds (Continuous Bond, Single Entry Bond, ISF Bond).CustomsUS onlyMandatory insurance policy for CBP against failure to pay duties and penalties in full.
For more helpful freight tools and calculators, check out our freight rate calculator, freight class calculator, and chargeable weight calculator. And don’t forget to check out our ultimate guide to choosing a freight forwarder.
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Calculating potential Amazon FBA freight costs? This Amazon FBA shipping calculator returns shipping estimates from the supplier address, or nearest port, shipping directly to Amazon fulfillment centers. This tool is perfect for freight forwarders. Not shipping to an Amazon warehouse? Use our general freight rate calculator. Check estimated transit times with our freight transit time calculator. Find a list of Amazon FBA Fulfillment Centers with this map of Amazon FBA warehouse locations.
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About the Amazon FBA Shipping Calculator
Use this Amazon FBA Calculator, specially designed for Amazon FBA shipments, to calculate shipping costs from your supplier’s factory to an Amazon fulfillment center location. Amazon has strict requirements regarding international shipments and Freightos has built these requirements into its quoting process.
Unlike any other freight rate estimator, Freightos’ freight rate calculator and Amazon FBA calculator use real freight data to calculate instant, all-in freight quotes, including surcharges and freight costs. This calculation takes into account dimensional weight. Our data is based on live freight rates from dozens of global freight forwarders, helping us provide you with accurate, real-time quotes.
What’s Included in the Amazon FBA Shipping Calculator
The Amazon Shipping Calculator includes all fees and surcharges available for trucking, air and ocean shipping. It does not include customs duties associated with specific commodities. Since this estimator is unique in that it relies on live data from real freight companies, it may not have global coverage for every route you search.
If you’re looking for fully binding quotes that you can book online, check out the Freightos Marketplace.
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International Freight Shipping Costs & Rates Calculator
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6 juillet 2026By
Estimate Your International Shipping Cost For The Best Way To Ship
When e-commerce businesses first start sourcing from overseas they often start small and test the waters. It makes sense to start out with small shipments by express freight (international courier), then graduate to larger shipments by air freight. But there comes a point if you are regularly shipping goods that it’s cheaper to ship by ocean freight.
Many businesses don’t realize that they have passed this point. By exclusively using or over-relying on shipping by air, they end up spending too much on their shipping costs.
Assuming other factors, such as transit time, don’t come into play when choosing between air freight and ocean freight, how do you know which one works out cheaper for your shipment?
The most accurate way of finding that out is to request separate quotes from a forwarder. But, that can be a hassle, especially if you don’t have all the details you need when requesting a quote. Then you’ll typically have to wait several days for the forwarders to prepare a freight quote. It takes that long because there are many cost variables affecting costs, such as the date the ship or plane departs port, shipment measurement and weight, and the exact points of pickup and delivery.
But at this point, you don’t want to know costs down to the cent, you are really looking for an estimate. But, that estimate has to take into account the many variables if it is going to be accurate.
Our International Shipping Cost & Prices Calculator
The Freightos.com international shipping cost estimator is unique in that it uses the live shipping data used by dozens of freight forwarders. The shipping cost calculator takes current international transit costs into account, but also all the relevant surcharges and fees, including the trucking costs for pickup and delivery.
The shipping cost estimator is an easy-to-use tool and takes less than a minute. After selecting between shipping full containers or boxes/pallets, simply enter your shipment’s dimensions and weight, and the origin and destination.
International Shipping Costs Estimates Help To Get Landed Cost
If you’re familiar with incoterms, there’s another reason why you might want to calculate accurate estimates of shipping costs.
When negotiating a deal with a supplier, you need to factor freight costs in with the buy price. If you are pushing for a lower buy price, and the supplier accepts it on condition that the incoterm switches from FOB to EXW, how do you know if you’re still better off? There’s no point pushing for a lower buy price, if you end up spending as much, or more, on freight costs.
You want to be decisive when hammering a deal. But how can you tell which is the better deal, a lower price on EXW (Ex-Works) incoterm (where you are paying all of the freight costs) or a higher price on FOB (Free On Board)? This is where the international shipping cost estimator comes in handy.
Simply add in the shipment details to the international shipping cost calculator as a door-to-door shipment to find out the freight cost for EXW, and a port-to-door freight rate for FOB Shipping. Add these freight costs to the respective buy prices. You’ve just worked out the landed cost and which deal is best for you. Easy!
China Shipping Cost Calculator
By 2020, imports from China accounted for around 15% of total global trade. Shipping from China by ocean typically takes at least 30-40 days door to door, so taking this long lead time into account is vital when booking shipments and estimating the total landed cost. When shipping from China, it’s also important to consider the cost of customs and duties, port congestion, delays, and other conditions that can affect the timing and landed cost of shipping.
Air freight from China is faster than the ocean but may be more costly. Freight rates can vary widely between freight forwarders and prices change regularly, so shopping around for the best offer can help reduce shipping costs significantly.
Using our free international shipping cost calculator to estimate freight rates from China can help you figure out landed costs and determine whether a specific item is likely to be profitable.
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Unifying the Freightos Identity – ONE Freightos: Building One Company
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Global supply chains are becoming increasingly digital, AI is accelerating how work gets done, and customers are no longer looking for standalone software to solve individual problems. They increasingly expect connected platforms that bring together data, workflows, and decision-making across the entire freight lifecycle.
That shift requires a different kind of technology partner.
Over the past several months, we have been evolving our operation as a company. We have simplified decision-making, strengthened accountability, aligned teams around shared priorities, and focused our investments behind a common vision. Internally, we call this ONE Freightos.
Today, our external identity is evolving to reflect that same reality.
Bringing our products together under a single Freightos brand is not simply a branding exercise. It is the natural next step in building one company, and delivering an interconnected digital ecosystem where data and workflows operate seamlessly. .
An Evolution of Scale: Matching the Industry’s Shifting Needs
Over the past decade, Freightos has built one of the world’s largest digital freight networks, connecting carriers, freight forwarders, importers, exporters, and logistics providers across global trade.
Along the way, we expanded our capabilities through innovation, strategic acquisitions, and the development of specialized products serving different parts of the freight ecosystem.
Those products have been successful because they solve meaningful customer problems.
But as the industry evolves, customers increasingly expect something bigger than individual solutions.
They want a trusted technology partner that helps them make better decisions, connect more easily with trading partners, automate more workflows, and operate more efficiently across the entire logistics journey.
That is exactly where Freightos is headed.
Our ambition is not simply to offer great logistics software. Our ambition is to build the connected platform where procurement, pricing, booking, payments, data, and decision intelligence work together to help customers move freight more efficiently.
Brand unification is an important milestone on that journey.
A Simpler Experience for Customers
As our capabilities have grown, so has the number of brands representing different parts of our business.
Each of these brands has built deep trust within its respective segment. However, as these capabilities become more interconnected, bringing our portfolio together under the Freightos name makes it easier for our partners to unlock the full value of our network. This creates a simpler and more consistent experience making it easier for customers to understand who we are, what we offer, and how our solutions work together as a platform.
To support that vision, our products will now clearly reflect the customers they serve:
Freightos for Forwarders – our digital platform for freight forwarders, bringing together Rate & Quote, Booking, Sales Portal, Payments, and other workflow solutions under a single experience.
Freightos for Airlines – our technology platform enabling airlines with digital distribution, interlining, eBooking, and payment capabilities.
7LFreight by Freightos – our North American domestic freight procurement platform. Given its strong market recognition, it will initially retain its identity while becoming more deeply connected to the Freightos platform before full integration.
Freightos Enterprise – our enterprise procurement, tender management, and market intelligence platform for multinational importers and exporters.
Freightos Marketplace – our marketplace connecting importers and exporters with freight forwarders through instant pricing, booking, and shipment management.
Our public digital presence is now centered around freightos.com, providing a single destination to discover our platform and solutions.
For existing customers, nothing changes operationally. Accounts, logins, integrations, contracts, and workflows remain exactly as they are today.
Built Around the Success of Forwarders
Throughout this evolution, one principle remains unchanged.
Freightos succeeds when our customers succeed.
That is especially true for the freight forwarding community, which remains at the center of our strategy.
Everything we build is designed to help forwarders work more efficiently, connect with more carriers, automate more of their operations, and deliver better experiences to their own customers.
By bringing our capabilities together, we can deliver greater value than any individual product could on its own.
More Than a New Brand
This announcement is about much more than a new name or a new website.
It reflects the company Freightos has become—and the company we are continuing to build.
ONE Freightos is our operating model. It is how we execute, how we innovate, and how we create value for customers.
By bringing our products, teams, and customer experience together under one identity, we can focus our investments, accelerate innovation, simplify engagement, and deliver an increasingly connected experience across global freight.
Our vision remains clear.
To build the platform that connects the global freight ecosystem through better data, smarter workflows, and more intelligent decision-making.
This brand evolution is another important milestone on that journey.
And we’re just getting started.
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