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Our articles offer tips, tricks and industry insights that can help you grow your business and understand your environment.

Should You Insure Your Shipments?

Should You Insure Your Shipments? If you’re running a small business, chances are you’re thinking about saving some bucks upfront by skipping insurance for your shipments. But what if things don’t go as planned? If you want

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Landed Cost

Landed cost is the sum of all expenses associated with importing your goods from China to South Africa. This includes the cost of the goods paid to your supplier, the shipping costs, clearance costs and the import taxes & duties.

It is represented on a per unit cost and helps you with:

  •  Understanding what you would need to charge for the product to make it profitable
  •  How to cost the goods in your accounts or accounting package

Note: This is not what you are paying to Airpool but rather what you are paying to all the suppliers and relevant parties: Airpool, the Manufacturer of the goods and the Import Taxes (VAT & Duties)