How the estimate is worked out
ImportChecker starts with the product, the country you are importing into, and the shipment value you enter.
The result is intended for early planning. It helps you see the likely duty and tax before you order goods or compare routes.
Calculation steps
- Find the product or HS code.
- Choose the importing country and, if relevant, the origin country.
- Add goods value, shipping and insurance to get the customs value.
- Apply the duty rate that best matches the product row.
- Add known extra duties where the product and route match.
- Estimate VAT or GST on the customs value plus calculated duty where the country charges it that way.
- Show weight, quantity, quota or other conditional parts as things to check when they cannot be calculated from the entered values.
When an exact national row is not available
The calculator can use fallback reference data to avoid leaving a blank result. Fallback rates are useful for planning, but a national tariff row should be checked before you rely on the estimate.
Trade agreement rates and extra duties
Lower trade agreement rates are not assumed automatically. Extra duties are included only when the available data clearly matches the product and route. If a rule depends on documents, quantity, weight, quota or legal wording, it is shown as something to check.