Calculate international shipping cost including volumetric weight and duty.
Carriers bill the greater of actual and volumetric weight, so bulky light items are charged on volume. Import VAT is calculated on the value including duty and shipping, which compounds the total. Because VAT applies to duty and freight as well as goods value, the landed cost of a low-value bulky item can approach or exceed its purchase price.
International Shipping
Volumetric weight = L × W × H ÷ 5,000; chargeable weight is the greater of that and actual
Volumetric weight = L × W × H ÷ 5,000; chargeable weight is the greater of that and actual Carriers bill the greater of actual and volumetric weight, so bulky light items are charged on volume. Import VAT is calculated on the value including duty and shipping, which compounds the total.
Because VAT applies to duty and freight as well as goods value, the landed cost of a low-value bulky item can approach or exceed its purchase price.
This calculator takes 8 inputs: Actual weight, Length, Width, Height, Shipping rate per kg, Declared value, Import duty rate, Import VAT rate. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.