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Calculate your true landed cost

Stop guessing. Enter your FOB price, weight and HS duty rate — see the full Rand landed cost (freight, duty, VAT, clearing, last-mile) in real time.

15s
To calculate
SARS-aligned
Duty + VAT formula
5 modes
Freight options
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The SARS formula

CIF = FOB + Freight + Insurance
Duty = CIF × duty rate %
ATV = CIF + Duty + 10% uplift
VAT = ATV × 15%
Landed = CIF + Duty + VAT + Clearing + Last-mile

Landed-Cost Calculator

Defaults are sensible for typical Class B imports from China. Tweak as needed.

1 Product details

$
Price quoted by your supplier at the origin port
Length × Width × Height of packaged unit (in metres)

2 Freight mode

Recommended: Sea LCL for < 500 kg, FCL for > 15 m³, air for urgent/light.
%
0.3% of CIF is industry standard
R
Use your bank's TT rate · refreshes daily

3 Customs & tax

Find yours via HS code lookup
%

4 Last-mile

R
Customs entry + port handling
R
From SA port to your warehouse

5 Your retail markup (optional)

%
40% markup is typical for SA wholesale-to-retail

Your landed cost

R 0 R 0/unit · 35 days door-to-door
FOB value $0/unit × 0
R 0
+ Freight
R 0
+ Insurance 0.3% of CIF
R 0
= CIF Durban
R 0
+ Customs duty 0%
R 0
+ VAT 15% of ATV
R 0
+ Clearing
R 0
+ Last-mile
R 0
Total landed
R 0
Duty + VAT as % of FOB
0%
Retail price (with markup)
R 0
Margin / unit
R 0
BestDealz Class B already includes all of this. Our Class B price is the landed total, in Rand, door-to-door — no SARS phone calls.

How the numbers work

A worked example with real numbers — so you can sanity-check the calculator.

Full guide →

200 × Power banks at USD 9.50 FOB

FOB Shenzhen (200 × USD 9.50)USD 1,900
Sea freight LCL (60 kg ≈ 0.24 m³)USD 237
Marine insurance (0.3%)USD 6
CIF DurbanUSD 2,143 ≈ R 41,146
HS 8507.60 — Lithium-ion battery (0% duty)R 0
VAT @ 15% of (CIF + 10% uplift)R 6,789
Clearing feeR 1,200
Last-mile JoburgR 850
Total landedR 49,985
≈ R 250 per power bank

Let us source it for you

Class B on BestDealz is already this whole calculation, in one Rand price. No SARS calls. No FX swings. Trade Assurance protected.

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