01 / 06 · Factory floor
It starts with a number the factory chose.
Ex-works price, MOQ met, samples approved. This is the only figure most buyers ever see — everything after it is yours to pay.
+ €4.20per unit
Landed cost · one unit
Six stages between the factory and your shelf.
A real batch: 5,000 units of furniture, 12 m³, from a factory in China to a warehouse in Germany. Scroll — and the cost of a single unit assembles itself on the right, line by line.
5,000units in the batch
12 m³volume
32–38days in transit
Scroll to follow the unit
02 / 06 · Quality control
Someone has to open the boxes.
A sample check and a photo report before you release the balance. Rework at the factory costs less than a return from your customer.
+ €0.04 – €0.05per unit
03 / 06 · Port of departure
Paper moves slower than pallets.
Export declaration, drayage from the plant, terminal handling. Three invoices — and if the documents disagree, a week of demurrage nobody budgeted.
+ €0.05 – €0.10per unit
04 / 06 · Ocean leg
32–38 days of nothing happening.
The rate you were quoted is the ocean leg. Bunker, currency and terminal surcharges arrive later, on separate documents.
+ €0.28 – €0.42per unit
05 / 06 · Import customs
The code decides the cost.
Duty for this category runs 0–5.6 % of the customs value, import VAT 19 % on top. One digit in the HS code moves the whole number.
+ €0.00 – €0.26per unit
06 / 06 · Your warehouse
The price you actually sell against.
Only here does the real unit cost exist. Everything before this point was an estimate — and most margin calculations quietly use the factory price instead.
+ €0.10 – €0.18per unit
Know the number before you send a deposit.
A Landed Cost Check gives you the exact figure for your product — HS code, duty, VAT, freight and delivery. Ready in 48 hours.
Order the check — €149 Or calculate yours