How to Calculate Your China-to-Bangladesh Landed Cost
By IzzeBuy Team, Sourcing Team · 28 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
The number that decides whether an import is profitable is not the factory price — it's the landed cost: everything it costs to get the goods to your door in Bangladesh. Miss a component and your margin quietly disappears.
What goes into landed cost
- Product price — the wholesale price × quantity.
- Shipping — air per kg or sea per CBM (see air vs sea).
- Insurance — a small % of value (part of CIF).
- Customs duty + 15% VAT + 5% AIT — see duty & VAT.
- Last-mile delivery inside Bangladesh.
The formula
Landed cost = Product + Shipping + Insurance + Duty + VAT + AIT + Last-mile. Duty/VAT are calculated on the CIF value (product + insurance + freight), which is why cheap shipping lowers your tax too.
A quick example
Import 100 phone cases at ¥8 each, 5 kg total, by air: the goods cost is modest, but once you add per-kg freight, ~10% duty, 15% VAT and delivery, the real per-unit cost can be 40–70% above the factory price. That's normal — the point is to know it before you order.
Do it in seconds
Skip the spreadsheet: the landed cost calculator takes your price, weight and category and returns the full total in taka — shipping, duty, VAT, AIT and delivery included. Then browse the catalogue or request a quote.
