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Estimate your landed cost & freight from Colombo

Three tools in one: total landed cost (FOB + duty + VAT), sea/air/courier freight ranges, and sample / small-parcel rates. Indicative estimates, request an exact quote when you’re ready.

1Landed-Cost Calculator

Estimate the true cost of importing from Sri Lanka: FOB price + freight + duty + VAT + clearance, broken down line-by-line.

Shipment details

Enter your order details to see the landed cost breakdown live.

Total landed cost

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Indicative, live reference rate

FOB value$0
Freight (estimated)$0
Insurance$0
CIF value$0
Import duty$0
VAT / GST$0
Customs clearance$0
Total landed cost$0
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Note: Estimate for budgeting. Actual landed cost depends on your HS code, Incoterm, carrier, and destination-specific fees. Import duty defaults to a typical rate for the destination. Adjust for your HS code. Sri Lanka qualifies for EU GSP+ (often 0% duty).

2Freight Estimate

Indicative sea / air / courier cost ranges and transit times from Colombo, based on H1 2026 forwarder rate cards.

Shipment details

All fields required. Estimates update live as you type.

Heads up

  • Excludes destination port charges, customs clearance, and last-mile delivery.
  • Peak season (Aug to Oct) typically adds 10 to 25% on sea routes.
  • Hazardous, perishable, or oversized cargo gets a custom quote.
  • Rate card reviewed quarterly. Last update: 2026-05-31.

Indicative freight

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Indicative, live reference rate

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Indicative range only. Actual quotes depend on carrier, cargo specifics, fuel surcharges, and current spot rates. Always confirm with us before committing to a buyer-side commercial term.
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3Live freight marketplace rates

Compare live sea, air & land freight from Colombo across global carriers. These are indicative third-party rates from the SeaRates (DP World) marketplace. For a tailored quote through our own Trade Desk, use “Request a Live Freight Quote” above.

Powered by SeaRates (DP World). Rates are indicative and provided by a third party; confirm before booking.

4Sample and small-parcel courier rates

Compare the published rates for a parcel from Sri Lanka with DHL Express, UPS and Sri Lanka Post. Add the box size: couriers bill on size when a box is light for its volume.

Choose a destination and enter the parcel weight.

These are each carrier’s published list rates, not quotes. Courier rates exclude the fuel surcharge, which DHL resets weekly and UPS monthly (DHL’s published Sri Lanka figure was 43.75% for the week of 14 September 2026), plus any remote area, duty or other surcharges. Businesses with their own courier account usually pay less than list. Confirm the price with the carrier before you ship.
Why box size matters

DHL and UPS bill the greater of the actual weight and the volumetric weight: length x width x height in centimeters, divided by 5,000, rounded up to the next half kilogram. A 30 x 25 x 20 cm box is 3 kg of volumetric weight whatever is inside it, so 1 kg of cinnamon quills or loose-leaf tea in that box is billed as 3 kg. The same sample in a 20 x 15 x 10 cm box is billed on its actual 1 kg. Sri Lanka Post’s published tariff prices parcels by weight and publishes no volumetric rule.

Sources, and carriers not shown

Figures last checked 16 September 2026. Rates change; the carrier’s current document always wins.