Import cost calculator

Search official tariff codes and estimate the cost of importing footwear into Germany or the UK. No account is needed here; API access is free with an authenticated token.

Supported today: Adult footwear (tariff chapter 64) in shipments with goods worth more than €150 for Germany or £135 for the UK. Choose the country where the goods were made, not shipped from. We use baseline third-country duty: trade-agreement preferences, low-value rules and reduced VAT are not included. A barcode does not identify a tariff code.

1. Find a candidate tariff code

Enter sports footwear or a code such as 6404110000. Search results are candidate codes from the official EU TARIC or UK tariff; select one and check the linked description before calculating. A barcode or product SKU is not a tariff code.

2. Estimate a shipment

Choose a footwear code above and verify it against the official source. Enter the price per item, quantity, and total shipping and courier costs. This estimate currently requires goods value above €150 (Germany) or £135 (UK); below that, different customs and VAT rules apply.

Importing into Made in (country code) Confirmed tariff code Item price (each) Number of items Shipping cost (total) Courier handling fee (total, optional) Purchase currency Barcode (optional product reference) I confirm these are adult shoes subject to the standard VAT rate (not children's or specially rated goods). The goods were sold to me online or remotely (EU distance-sale handling fee may apply).

API information

Developers can search the same official tariff sources and request estimates using an API token. Authentication is required; requests are rate-limited but do not use paid API credits. Unavailable or ambiguous source data fails closed rather than returning invented numbers.

Search tariff data

Filter by destination, manufacturing origin and tariff description or code. Responses include official source URLs and the lookup date. Candidate search results may have a null duty rate until a precise code is selected.

GET /api/v2/customs/tariffs?destination=DE&origin=VN&query=footwear
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN

Calculate an estimate

Confirm the footwear tariff code before calculating. Item value is per unit; shipping and courier fee are for the whole consignment. Set distance_sale to true when goods were sold online or remotely. A barcode is an optional identifier, never a classification input.

POST /api/v2/customs/estimate
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json

{"destination":"DE","origin":"VN","tariff_code":"6404110000",
 "item_value":100,"quantity":2,"shipping":15,"courier_fee":8,
 "currency":"EUR","adult_footwear":true,"distance_sale":true,
 "barcode":"0123456789012"}

Data and limitations

Footwear tariffs come from the European Commission TARIC for Germany and the UK Trade Tariff for the UK. Standard VAT rates are linked in each result; conversion uses ECB rates. Courier fees are supplied by you, not published by customs.

The estimate uses a simplified duty and VAT base. For German distance sales above €150 it adds the EU handling fee when the official measure is available. It does not calculate the €3 low-value duty, preferential origin, exemptions, reduced VAT, IOSS, special procedures or UK low-value point-of-sale VAT. If your goods are at or below the threshold, the calculator refuses to guess. Check with a customs broker before filing a declaration.