Landed Cost Calculator for Clothing from Türkiye
An FOB quote is only the opening line of a garment's cost story. The figure a Turkish factory gives you covers the finished piece packed and delivered to the carrier — everything that happens after the container door closes is yours to pay. Landed cost is the number that actually belongs in your margin sheet: FOB plus international freight plus import duty, expressed per piece. Skip that arithmetic and a jacket bought at $14 can quietly become an $18 garment by the time it reaches your stockroom, eating the margin you thought you had negotiated.
The math itself is short. Freight scales with weight or volume, so a heavy hoodie absorbs far more shipping cost per unit than a viscose blouse, and air cargo multiplies that difference roughly fivefold against sea consolidation. Duty is a percentage of the customs value and varies by destination: most apparel entering the EU or UK pays around twelve percent, the United States averages closer to sixteen and a half, and Gulf states apply five. This calculator wires those rates together so you can stress-test a quote in seconds — try the same order by sea and by air, or compare how the identical garment lands in two different markets before you commit.
Your order
Packed weight incl. polybag — a t-shirt is ~0.2 kg, a hoodie ~0.65 kg, a denim jacket ~0.9 kg.
Estimated landed cost
- FOB price
- $6.50 / pc
- Freight (sea, 0.40 kg)
- $0.36 / pc
- Import duty (12.0% of FOB)
- $0.78 / pc
- Landed cost
- $7.64 / pc
Total order (300 pcs)$2,292.00
Landing the goods adds 18% on top of the FOB value in this scenario.
Import VAT/GST is not included: registered businesses reclaim it in most jurisdictions, so it affects cash flow rather than the true unit cost.
These figures are planning estimates built on average freight rates and tariff bands. Always confirm the exact HS code with your customs broker and the current rate with your freight forwarder before committing to an order.
Landed cost questions, answered
- What exactly does landed cost include here?
- Three components: the FOB unit price you enter, estimated international freight based on garment weight and mode, and import duty calculated as an average apparel tariff percentage of the FOB value. Local delivery from your port to the warehouse, customs brokerage fees and cargo insurance are excluded because they are small, fixed and highly specific to your setup — add them as a lump sum on top if you want a complete picture.
- Why is import VAT left out of the estimate?
- Because for a registered business it is usually not a cost at all. VAT or GST paid at the border is reclaimed or offset against output tax in the EU, UK and most other jurisdictions, so including it would overstate the real unit economics. It does tie up cash between import and reclaim, so budget for the outlay even though it never lands in the cost of goods.
- How accurate are the duty rates in the model?
- They are honest averages, not customs rulings. Apparel tariffs depend on the precise HS code, fibre composition and construction — a cotton t-shirt and a synthetic tracksuit entering the US can sit ten points apart. Treat the output as a planning corridor, then ask your customs broker to classify the actual style before you place the order; trade agreements can also lower the rate for Turkish-origin goods in some markets.