What are the costs involved in importing?
SWI’s “turnkey” service handles every aspect of the importing process so you don’t have to. In addition, your order quote will already include all of the importation and documentation fees listed below. NOTE: Due to the recent volatility of fuel prices all freight quotes are valid for seven (7) days. • Customs Duty. This is your country’s tax on imported products. In the U.S. custom duties range between 1% and 30+%, depending upon the product class. • Customs broker fees. On average, about $100.00 – $150.00 per shipment. • Inland freight from the port of entry to your door. • Document Destination charges (also known as DDC). This is the port of entry’s handling charge and it varies from port to port. In general DDC fees run about $30.00 per ton. • Labor/forklift fee to unload your shipment from the container. On average, about $40.00 per shipment. • Bond fee. This is required by US Customs to back up payment for the duty tax. Bond fees are set by the dollar value of the shipment. The m
