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How to Read a Landed-Cost Quote: A Procurement Buyer’s Guide

Meta: The five line items every landed-cost quote must show (FOB, freight, duty, HTS, and broker fees) and why “DDP” alone is not enough.

Most procurement teams inherit a landed-cost template and never re-open it. That is fine until your HTS classification changes, or a Section 301 tranche shifts, or a freight forwarder re-tiers your lane. Then the template costs you money.

This guide walks through the five line items every landed-cost quote should show, the three it should NOT hide, and the audit questions to ask your incumbent supplier on the next renewal.

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Landed cost, itemized and reduced.

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