

Or we pay the government and handle it ourselves. So we need to find handling agencies that take care of paper work and get the goods out of the yard. Vendors do not have control over import duties such as customs and excise. Life would be too easy if it were that simple, wouldn’t it? We ask vendors to charge our account with a carrier when shipping because we have negotiated better rates with the freight carrier. Landed cost is not that big an issue while dealing with vendors who charge a consolidated value to leave the goods at your door.


Examples are shipping and handling, customs, and excise. What is meant by Landed Cost? In general any cost incurred in addition to value paid to vendor to procure the item is a landed cost.
