Unit price is not your cost — landed cost is. Here is what goes into it.
Landed cost is the total cost to get a product to your door — not just the unit price. It adds freight, insurance, import duty and taxes, customs and handling fees, and last-mile delivery to the goods value. Comparing suppliers on unit price alone is misleading; compare them on landed cost per unit.
Two quotes with the same unit price can have very different landed costs, because the Incoterm, freight and duty differ. A low EXW price with high freight and duty can land dearer than a higher DDP price. The only fair comparison is the all-in landed cost per unit.
Add every cost from factory to your door, then divide by quantity for the per-unit landed cost. Import duty is usually applied to the customs value (often goods + freight + insurance). Our Landed Cost Calculator does the maths for you — enter the values and it returns the total and per-unit cost.