UK Import Duty & Tariff Calculator

Calculate UK import duty, tariffs and landed cost

UK Import Duty & Tariff Calculator API + MCP provides structured UK customs and import-cost calculations using authoritative UK Trade Tariff data.

Use it to:

• search UK commodity codes
• retrieve tariff rates and import measures
• calculate estimated UK customs duty
• calculate estimated import VAT and landed cost
• compare costs for different countries of origin
• identify licences, restrictions, quotas and other import requirements

Built for developers, AI coding agents, ecommerce, procurement, sourcing, logistics and workflow automation.

Important: Unofficial community Actor. Not affiliated with HMRC or the UK Government. Uses authoritative UK Trade Tariff data. Not customs or legal advice.

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How to call it

Set operation, then the fields for that operation. One run = one operation.

Intent	Prefer
“What’s the commodity code for …?”	search_commodity_codes
“What duty rate applies?”	get_tariff_measures or calculate_import_duty
“What’s the total import cost?”	calculate_landed_cost
“China vs Germany after UK duty?”	compare_origin_costs
“Any licences / restrictions?”	explain_import_requirements

Scope: Great Britain imports · calculations in GBP only · preferential rates are shown, not auto-applied · free-text search is classification assistance, not a binding ruling.

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Operations

Operation	What it does
search_commodity_codes	Declarable UK commodity code candidates from a description
get_tariff_measures	Measures for code + origin + date
calculate_import_duty	Estimated UK customs duty
calculate_landed_cost	Duty + import VAT + landed cost estimate
compare_origin_costs	Same goods across origin countries
explain_import_requirements	Licences, restrictions, quotas and related measures

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Example inputs

Landed cost

{
  "operation": "calculate_landed_cost",
  "commodity_code": "8712003090",
  "origin_country": "CN",
  "goods_value": 2000,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "shipping_cost": 200
}

Search codes

{
  "operation": "search_commodity_codes",
  "query": "bicycles",
  "max_results": 10
}

Compare origins

{
  "operation": "compare_origin_costs",
  "commodity_code": "8712003090",
  "origins": ["CN", "DE"],
  "goods_value": 2000,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "shipping_cost": 200
}

Results include assumptions, warnings and provenance so you can cite Trade Tariff sources without scraping GOV.UK pages.

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What this Actor does not do

• Currency conversion (GBP only)
• Full Northern Ireland / EU-destination engines in this version
• Auto-applying preferential rates without required proofs
• Inventing freight-forwarder or brokerage fees you did not supply
• Binding legal commodity classification

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Example use cases

Ecommerce — indicative UK duty / VAT / landed cost before checkout.
AI agents — “Duty on this SKU from China?”, “Cheaper from CN or JP after UK duty?”, “Licence required?”
Procurement / sourcing — compare origin countries on tariff treatment.
Logistics / customs software — pull measures into fulfilment workflows.

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Keywords

UK import duty · UK customs duty · UK tariff · UK Trade Tariff · import VAT · landed cost · commodity code · HS code · MCP