Duties
Customs broker cost: how to read a quote
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Landed cost
$27,394
6109.10.00: duties $7,300, 36.5% of value, $27 per unit before rounding
| Ordinary duty (16.5%) Column 1 General | $3,300 |
| Section 301, 60 economies (12.5%) Heading 9903.05.31 | $2,500 |
| Section 301 on China, List 4A (7.5%) U.S. note 20. USTR exclusions are not applied here | $1,500 |
| Merchandise processing fee 0.3464% of value, min $34.58, max $670.86 | $69 |
| Harbor maintenance fee 0.125% of value, ocean cargo at covered ports | $25 |
USTR exclusions under headings 9903.88.69 and .70 run through November 9, 2026, and are not applied here. If yours covers your goods, this list duty does not apply until that date.
Rates of 2026 HTS Revision 22, read on 2026-11-02. Antidumping and countervailing duties, state taxes and USTR exclusions are not included. Estimate, not a customs ruling. Everything you enter stays in this browser: nothing is sent or stored.
We cannot tell you what a customs broker costs, because no official source publishes it. We found no fee scale in the federal texts we read, and we chose not to reprint figures from sellers of that service. CBP has pages on customs brokers, which we list as a pointer and did not rely on. What we can do is separate what is official from what is not. The merchandise processing fee, the harbor maintenance fee and duties all go to the government, at the rates on this page. Everything else on a broker’s invoice is a private price, and you can ask for it line by line. Under 19 CFR 111.1, a customs broker is a person licensed to transact customs business on behalf of others. Read on November 2, 2026. Enter the quote under your costs in the calculator.
Merchandise processing fee
Fee for this entry
$69.28
| Entry | formal |
| Before limits | $69.28 |
| Harbor fee, ocean | $25.00 |
Amounts for fiscal year 2027, from 1 October 2026. Goods over $250 that owe an additional duty in chapter 99 cannot use an informal entry, so the formal fee applies.
Rates read by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · Method and sources
Official or private
| Item | Goes to | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Duties | Government | Rate times value, in the tool |
| Merchandise processing fee | Government | $34.58 to $670.86 on formal entries |
| Harbor maintenance fee | Government | 0.125% on ocean cargo |
| Entry preparation | Broker | Not published: get a quote |
| Customs bond | Not read | Not published: get a quote |
Low-value goods
19 CFR 143.21 excludes articles over $250 classified in the relevant parts of chapter 99 from informal entry, so a shipment of that kind goes to formal entry, with the fee shown above. Ask your broker what that means for bonds, as we did not read a rule on them for this page.
How to use the calculator
Open the costs panel, and enter the full quote in the broker and bond field. That amount adds to your total. The result separates duties and fees from it, so you can see what is negotiable. Our site sells no broker service and refers no one to any provider.