Landed Cost Calculator: The B2B Furniture Importer’s Guide

Stop Leaving Money on the Table — Master Your True Import Costs Before Your Next Factory Order There is a calculation most furniture distributors, showroom owners, and design professionals never complete before they commit to a factory order. They know the FOB (Free On Board — factory price at the port of export) quote. They have a rough sense of freight costs. They assume duties will be “around 10%.” By the time the shipment clears customs and lands at their warehouse, the landed cost — the true, all-in cost per unit — is anywhere from 35% to 70% higher than their original estimate. That gap is where margin dies. US […]