What each unit costs after the border.

True Landed reads a products file and a country-rules file, then walks each unit from FOB to shelf for South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. Sea freight, insurance, duty, VAT, clearing fees, and lithium surcharges stay visible.

The figures on this page are a sample mart, not a live customs feed. Check current rates before you order.

Specimen, not client data.

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Destination and product

Destination

Product

240 units on this order card. Break-even is ZAR 170.25.

ZAR 170.25

Landed cost / unit

ZAR 349.00

Proposed sell price

ZAR 178.75

Gross margin / unit (51.2%)

ZAR 40 858.82

Order landed total

One unit, from FOB to shelf

Camping lantern into South Africa

ZAR

Cost walk from FOB to landed cost per unit
Line	Basis	Per unit
FOB	Supplier invoice	ZAR 87.97
Add: sea freight	CBM x LCL rate	ZAR 8.63
Add: insurance	240 units	ZAR 0.88
Add: customs duty	HS 85131000	ZAR 14.62
Add: clearing and agent	Fixed fee spread over the order	ZAR 23.00
Add: lithium surcharge	Dangerous-goods fee	ZAR 12.94
Add: VAT / import tax	CIF + duty + fees	ZAR 22.21
Landed cost		ZAR 170.25

Specimen, not client data. Illustrative rates only. Check current customs, tax, freight, and clearing rates before ordering. Duty is applied to CIF. VAT is applied to CIF, duty, fixed fees and any dangerous-goods surcharge.

The shelf price still has room.

After freight, duty and tax, the proposed price keeps a usable gap. Use the grid below before you lock a reorder.

HS code: 85131000
Order quantity: 240
FX used: 1 USD = 17.25 ZAR
Lithium surcharge: Applied

Margin under FX and supplier discount changes

Cells show gross margin %. The smaller figure is landed cost per unit. A positive FX change means more local currency per US dollar.

Sensitivity grid

Gross margin %

Gross margin percent by FX change and volume discount
FX change	Discount 0%	Discount 20%	Discount 30%	Discount 40%
FX -10%	56.1%ZAR 153.22	62.2%ZAR 132.07	65.2%ZAR 121.49	68.2%ZAR 110.92
FX 0%	51.2%ZAR 170.25	58.0%ZAR 146.74	61.3%ZAR 134.99	64.7%ZAR 123.24
FX +10%	46.3%ZAR 187.27	53.7%ZAR 161.42	57.5%ZAR 148.49	61.2%ZAR 135.56

Specimen, not client data. Ochre cells are under 15% margin. The outlined cell is the base case.

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