MalakarConsulting

For Amazon, Shopify and small-batch importers

Know your real landed cost before you wire the deposit.

Paste a supplier quote. Get back the all-in cost per unit: duty by tariff code, every active Section 232, 301 and trade-action overlay, freight, and a sourcing-risk score with a written recommendation. Delivered by email, usually within the hour.

$79one report, one price, delivered by email

Usually within the hour

Start your order →What you get
  • No call, no meeting, no account
  • Prepared under a 17-year supply chain principal
  • Full refund if it cannot be produced from what you send

Who this is for

Amazon FBA or Shopify seller about to place a $5,000-$50,000 first order from a new overseas supplier

Small importer who has a factory quote in hand and needs the real landed cost before wiring a deposit

Buyer comparing two supplier quotes on different Incoterms who cannot tell which is actually cheaper

Sourcing manager who needs a one-page number to defend a margin call to their boss

“You have a factory quote in USD FOB and a gut feel for freight, but no idea what Section 301 or 232 overlays apply to your HTS code, or whether your description even maps to the code you assumed. A 25% Section 301 line you did not price in on a $20,000 order is $5,000 gone from a margin you already quoted to your buyer, discovered after the deposit is wired, not before.”

What you get

  • Tariff code estimate for each product line with the published USITC general rate
  • Every active trade-action overlay applied to that code and origin, dated and sourced
  • Per-unit and total landed cost: goods, duty, freight, insurance, brokerage, MPF and HMF
  • Margin check against your target sell price
  • Sourcing-risk score: origin, tariff exposure, supplier signals, and what to ask before paying
  • A one-page summary you can forward to your broker or partner

Inside the document

MalakarConsulting Reference MC-XXXXXX-XXXX · Prepared for Landed cost

Line 1 · Stainless bottle 32oz · HTS 9617.00.10 · General 7.2% + Section 301 List 4A 7.5% · Duty per unit $0.62

Line 2 · Silicone bottle brush · HTS 3924.90.56 · General 3.4%, no active overlay · Duty per unit $0.03

Landed cost per unit: goods $4.20 + freight $0.31 + duty $0.65 + fees $0.09 = $5.25

Margin check: target sell $14.99 -> landed cost 35% of sell price

Sourcing-risk score: 62/100 — moderate. Supplier is new to you and origin carries active 301 exposure.

Pre-payment questions: confirm HTS 9617.00.10 with your broker; ask for FOB port and terms in writing

What changes after delivery

The hour you get this back, you know your true landed cost per unit against your target sell price, not a guess. You can say yes or no to the deposit with a number that includes every duty overlay, freight and fees, and you have a sourcing-risk score and questions to send the supplier before the wire goes out, instead of after.

How people use it

  1. 1Forward the one-page summary to your customs broker to confirm the code before filing
  2. 2Attach it to the purchase order as your landed-cost backup
  3. 3Use the margin check to renegotiate unit price or freight before you wire the deposit

How this compares

This reportThe alternative
Tariff overlays appliedSection 232/301 and reciprocal actions, dated and sourcedBase general rate only
Built for your actual productPer-line HTS reasoning from your descriptionGeneric HTS lookup
What it costs$79, one reportBroker consult $150-300/hr

How it works

1

Fill the form

Five minutes. Attach what you have.

2

Pay $79

Card checkout opens right here on this page; card details go to Stripe only.

3

Production runs

Numbers computed on our servers; analysis checked against public records.

4

Delivered by email

Usually within the hour, as a document you can print or forward.

Order: Landed-Cost & Duty Report

⏰ About 5 minutes · a handful of questions

By ordering you accept the terms and this product's scope: Tariff codes and duty rates in this report are estimates prepared from public USITC and Federal Register data. They are not a binding customs classification, not legal, tax or customs-brokerage advice, and must be confirmed with a licensed customs broker before entries are filed. Rates change; the report states the date its overlays were last verified. If the report cannot be produced from what you send, you are refunded in full.

Questions

Do you file anything for me?

No. This is a report. Your customs broker files. The report gives them the codes, rates and reasoning to confirm quickly.

How accurate is the tariff code?

Codes are estimated from your description using the USITC schedule and the same reasoning a broker uses. Simple products are usually exact. Complex or multi-material products get a primary code and an alternate, with the reason.

What if tariffs change next week?

The report is dated. Tariff Watch, the $49/month add-on, re-runs your codes whenever a rate changes and emails you the new number.

Refunds?

If the report cannot be produced from what you sent, you are refunded in full. If it is produced and delivered, it is non-refundable, like any completed analysis.

Sudip Malakar

A 17-year supply chain practitioner applies dated, sourced tariff overlays and the same reasoning a broker uses, not a static duty-rate lookup, and if the report cannot be produced from what you send, you get a full refund.

Sudip Malakar, Principal · Malakar Consulting

Then keep the number current

Tariff Watch, $49 a month. Your codes go on a watch list. When a Section 232, 301 or other action changes a rate you pay, you get an email within 24 hours with the new landed cost, and a Monday briefing on what moved. Thirty days free, no card. Start Tariff Watch →

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