Duty & Tax Calculation

The Total Cost Calculator (TCC) is Glopal’s web service engine for calculating total landing costs for international shipping, including shipping costs, customs duties, as well as any additional taxes (VAT, excise taxes,..). The engine supports both forward and reverse calculation of shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

Total landed cost calculation for an EU order

Pre-Integrated Platforms

The Total Cost Calculator (TCC) is pre-integrated into Glopal’s Checkout solution, and available for the most relevant e-commerce platforms:

Native API Integration

The engine is also available as native API service:

Request quote for an order

post
Header parameters
x-loginstringRequired

Client username (set by Glopal)

Example: usernamePattern: ^[a-z0-9\-]{3,255}$
x-aliasstringOptional

Optional system username to enable separation of authentication credentials by integrated client system. (set by Glopal)

Example: alias-usernamePattern: ^[a-z0-9\-]{3,50}$
x-signaturestringRequired

The authentication signature is created by using the concatenation of the login, the ‘@’ sign and the timestamp, transformed into a HMAC_256 signature using your secret access key.

Example: 40b976b35a08bb951439ea7bbfa0a7bd73dab7c813399a31d9d1a157bc08929bPattern: ^[0-9a-f]{64}$
x-timestampnumber · floatRequired

The authentication timestamp must be a decimal numeric representing the current POSIX time, extended to microsecond accuracy. If the requesting system does not provide high-resolution time, it is advised to use a 6-digit random number. It is important to have the requesting system synchronised with a reliable time source (f.i. a stratum 2 NTP server) to avoid request rejection.

Example: 1680010295.775523Pattern: ^[12]\d{9}\.\d{6}$
x-versionnumber · floatOptionalDefault: 0.68Pattern: (^0\.\d{2}$|^[1-9]\d*\.\d{2}$)
Body
argsall ofRequired
Responses
200
OK
Responseall of
post
const timestamp = String(Date.now() / 1000).padEnd(17, '0');
const username = "username";
const signature = CryptoJS.HmacSHA256(
  `${username}@${timestamp}`, "sharedsecret"
  ).toString(CryptoJS.digest)

const response = await fetch('https://ws.xport.glopalservice.com/tcc/calculate_order', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-login": username,
    "x-timestamp": timestamp,
    "x-signature": signature
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "args":{
      "from_country_id": "US",
      "to_country_id": "CA",
      "to_state_id": "QC",
      "delivery_type_id": "X",
      "shipments": [
        {
          "currency": "USD",
          "products": [
            {
              "qty": 2,
              "unitprice": 19.99,
              "description": "Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Special (10.1 Oz) Shampoo & Conditioner Duo Set"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();
{
  "error":0,
  "result":[
    {
      "from_country_id":"FR",
      "to_country_id":"US",
      "to_state_id":"CA",
      "to_post_code":"90210",
      "delivery_type_id":"X",
      "transaction_id":"642edad40de2f361ba4d1684aaf3c53a0afc687b",
      "dutiable_value":84.75,
      "dutiable_value_discount":10,
      "dutiable_value_discount_tax":1.2,
      "dutiable_value_discount_duty":1.23,
      "dutiable_value_discount_net":8.02,
      "dutiable_value_tax_included":100,
      "dutiable_value_tax_charge":4.23,
      "duty_charge":15.25,
      "duty_charge_included":12.12,
      "duty_charge_tax":2.23,
      "currency":"USD",
      "dead_weight":12.34,
      "vol_weight":15.22,
      "weight":15.22,
      "weight_unit":"kg",
      "duty_calculation_rule":"CIF",
      "tax_calculation_rule":"CIF",
      "is_duty_deminimis_applied":0,
      "is_tax_deminimis_applied":0,
      "commission_fee":0.12,
      "incoterms":"DDP",
      "reference":"test123",
      "tax_charge":15.25,
      "tax_charges":[
        {
          "name":"Charge",
          "code":"charge_id",
          "rate":0,
          "type":"dutiable_value",
          "value":0
        }
      ],
      "tax_charge_included":12.12,
      "product_tax_charge":10.03,
      "calculus_shipping_charge":15.33,
      "shipping_charge":13.33,
      "shipping_charge_duty":3.33,
      "shipping_charge_duty_included":1.33,
      "shipping_charge_tax":2.33,
      "shipping_charge_tax_included":2.33,
      "shipping_charge_duty_tax":0.33,
      "merchant_shipping_charge":{
        "currency":"USD",
        "value":5
      },
      "discount":10,
      "discounts":[
        {
          "name":"Charge",
          "code":"charge_id",
          "rate":0,
          "type":"dutiable_value",
          "value":0
        }
      ],
      "extra_charge":33.23,
      "extra_charges":[
        {
          "name":"Charge",
          "code":"charge_id",
          "rate":0,
          "type":"dutiable_value",
          "value":0
        }
      ],
      "transport":{
        "carrier":"DHL",
        "service":"DHL Express"
      },
      "products":[
        {
          "calculus_duty_charge":5.33,
          "calculus_tax_charge":3.49,
          "country_id_of_origin":"FR",
          "documentation_code":"CITES_2000_a",
          "dutiable_value":84.75,
          "dutiable_value_tax_charge":4.23,
          "dutiable_value_tax_included":100,
          "duty_charge":15.25,
          "duty_charge_included":12.12,
          "duty_charge_tax":2.23,
          "duty_deminimis":125,
          "duty_rate":8.25,
          "gtin":"1234567890",
          "hs_code":"429999",
          "merchant_sku":"1234567890",
          "alt_merchant_sku":"AMS1234567890",
          "product_dutiable_value_discount":10,
          "product_dutiable_value_discount_tax":1.2,
          "product_dutiable_value_discount_duty":1.23,
          "product_dutiable_value_discount_net":8.02,
          "product_shipping_charge_duty":3.33,
          "product_shipping_charge_tax":2.33,
          "product_shipping_charge_duty_tax":0.33,
          "prohibition_id":"W12",
          "prohibition_note":"Warning for product type importing to destination country",
          "quantity":100,
          "shipment_id":123456,
          "tax_charge":15.25,
          "tax_charges":[
            {
              "name":"Charge",
              "code":"charge_id",
              "rate":0,
              "type":"dutiable_value",
              "value":0
            }
          ],
          "tax_charge_included":12.12,
          "tax_deminimis":25,
          "tax_rate":20.25,
          "total_charge":150.23,
          "transport":{
            "carrier":"DHL",
            "service":"DHL Express"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Last updated

#342: Xport release notes 25W03

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