Screen a product for its likely tariff code and trade-defence risks, then calculate customs duty and import VAT from the official rate. The screening is non-binding: verify the final code and every applicable measure in official EU systems before using a rate.
This AI does not query live TARIC and cannot issue a binding classification. Use the output only to prepare a search in TARIC or an application for Binding Tariff Information.
A decision-grade SinoSource report should record the code used, origin, reference date, source excerpt, reviewer, and next review date, not repeat an AI rate.
Enter the duty rate TARIC gives for your code, origin and import date. The calculator follows the order customs uses: duty on the customs value, then import VAT on the customs value plus duties and onward transport. It does not look up rates.
Of this, €2,502.02 is import VAT, which a VAT-registered business can normally recover. The €414.40 of duty is a cost.
The example uses a 3.7% duty rate and 21% VAT for illustration only. Some codes carry a duty per kilogram or per unit, or a minimum import price, which a percentage calculation does not cover.
Read the EU–China trade measures overview for context, then use the landed-cost guide to understand how verified duty inputs fit into the wider order cost.
The assistant reads a product description and returns a candidate classification, the facts still missing from your description, and the measures worth checking. It is a preparation step. The rate that ends up in your costing has to come from an official source, because that is the one a customs authority will hold you to.
No, and it is built not to. It does not query live TARIC and cannot issue a binding classification. It produces a candidate code and the questions that still need answering, so you can search official systems from an informed starting point. No rate from this tool should go into a landed-cost model.
Four things: the exact classification, the country of origin, the producer or additional code where trade-defence measures apply, and the date of import. Change any one of them and the applicable rate can change with it.
The code determines much more than the rate. It drives whether anti-dumping measures apply, whether the goods fall under CBAM reporting, which import licences or certificates are required, and which safety regime governs the product at the border.
BTI is a written classification decision from a customs authority that is legally binding across the EU for three years. It is worth applying for when a product is borderline between headings, when volumes are high enough that a reclassification would be expensive, or when duty differs sharply between the candidate codes.
Yes. Screening a product costs nothing and needs no account. The paid SinoSource report is a separate service that records the code used, the origin, the reference date, the source excerpt, the reviewer and the next review date.
Customs duty is the rate for the product’s tariff code, origin and import date, applied to the customs value. The customs value is normally the price paid for the goods plus transport and insurance up to the point where they enter the EU, converted to euros at the customs exchange rate for the month. A few codes carry a duty per kilogram or per unit instead of, or as well as, a percentage.
Import VAT is charged on the customs value plus the customs duty, any anti-dumping or other duties, and transport to the first destination in the country of import. The rate is that country’s VAT rate for the goods; standard rates run from 17% in Luxembourg to 27% in Hungary. A VAT-registered business can normally recover it, and several member states let you account for it on the VAT return instead of paying at the border.
Yes. Anti-dumping and countervailing duties are charged in addition to the conventional customs duty, often at far higher rates, and they also enter the VAT base. They apply to specific products from specific countries, sometimes with a separate rate for each named producer, so check TARIC with the exact code, the origin and the producer’s TARIC additional code.
Not since 1 July 2026. The customs duty relief for consignments worth up to €150 was abolished and replaced by a temporary flat customs duty of €3, which runs until 1 July 2028; after that the normal rate for the goods applies. Import VAT on these parcels was already due. It matters if you sell direct to consumers from China or receive samples as separate parcels, not if you clear full shipments in bulk. More in what changed for EU importers in July 2026.
Because a rate is only reliable for an exact 10-digit code, origin, producer and import date, and a wrong code can change the duty, the trade-defence exposure and the paperwork at once. Screen the product above for a candidate code, confirm it in TARIC, then enter that rate. For goods you import repeatedly, Binding Tariff Information fixes the classification for three years.
