2807.00
Sulphuric acid; oleum
Open the ABF working tariff → Pro · Landed cost
AU landed cost calculator
See the AUD that lands at your warehouse, not the FOB on the invoice.
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One row in the 2,895-line Australian tariff file. The MFN field on this heading is not a number. Freight, insurance, and the exchange rate are inputs you type.
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The preview above is the row the live tool returns for 2807.00. The paid plans, from USD 59 a month, unlock the calculator. You type FOB, freight, insurance, and the exchange rate. Where the tariff file stores a number, the duty line uses it. Where it stores a hedge, as it does for sulphuric acid, the duty line stays blank until you read the ABF working tariff. The FX converter, the DFAT sanctions screener, the LC document checker, the AD duty AU lookup and the AICIS checker are on the same plan.
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Worked example: 1,000 kg of sulfuric acid, Shanghai to Melbourne
You have a 1,000 kg parcel of sulfuric acid (CAS 7664-93-9) sitting on a quote from a Pudong-side supplier. HS classification 2807.00. FOB Shanghai at USD 250 a tonne, so USD 250 on the invoice line. Ocean freight (LCL into a chemical-rated consolidator) USD 500. Marine insurance on the parcel at 0.2 percent of CIF USD 50. AUD-USD mid-market at 0.6541 the morning the wire instructs.
The supplier invoice shows USD 250 and the buyer's first reaction is "USD 250 plus a bit of freight and GST, call it AUD 500 landed". The file does not support that. HS 2807.00 stores a note to check the ABF working tariff, lists ChAFTA, and does not store a 5 percent general rate or a zero preferential rate. At the 0.6541 mid in this example, USD 250 FOB is about AUD 382, freight USD 500 is about AUD 764, and insurance USD 50 is about AUD 76. GST is 10 percent of customs value plus duty plus freight plus insurance. Without a duty percent, the GST dollar and the landed total stay blank.
The fix is to read 2807.00 on the duty check and on the ABF working tariff before the quote. A ChAFTA certificate does not turn the duty line into zero inside this calculator. Confirm the 8-digit classification with the broker, and confirm the certificate is in the file, before anyone totals GST.
Frequently asked
What customs value does the calculator actually use?
The calculator uses transaction value: the FOB cost in the source currency, converted to AUD using a live mid-market rate. That matches how the Australian Border Force assesses duty under the Customs Act 1901 in most arms-length imports. Where the actual import uses a different valuation method (deductive, computed, or fallback), the calculator output is a starting indicative number and the binding number comes from the broker entry.
Why is the duty rate sometimes a hedge string and not a number?
The dataset behind the lookup uses the WCO HS 2022 nomenclature with AU-side schedule structure. For a small set of obviously duty-free items (medicines, raw resource inputs, semiconductors, aircraft parts) the rate is asserted at zero. Everywhere else, the field reads "verify per abf.gov.au Working Tariff before invoicing" because the binding MFN rate on a specific 8-digit AU classification can move with each Customs Tariff Amendment Notice and the cash-deposit rate at clearance is the only operative number. The tool surfaces the indicative landed-cost stack and tells you where to lock the duty rate before you quote.
How does the FTA preference toggle actually change the math?
Picking ChAFTA, RCEP, AANZFTA, or CPTPP does not insert a preferential percent. The file can list the agreement on the row and still not store the rate. Duty, GST, and the landed total stay blank until you read the ABF working tariff. Origin is a separate test, at the ChAFTA preference calculator. If the certificate is not in the file, the broker will not apply a preference.
When does GST not apply?
Imports of goods classified as GST-free under A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (basic food in chapters 02 to 11, certain pharmaceuticals, medical aids, and a handful of specific exempt items) bypass the 10 percent line. The dataset flags these with gst_applicable: false and the calculator respects that flag. The low-value threshold for parcels is a separate ATO consumption-tax issue and does not apply at the commercial-cargo line that this tool models.
Why is the broker fee not in the calculation?
Broker fees, port charges, container detention, and quarantine inspection are real landed-cost line items but they vary by broker, by port, and by inspection regime, with no published rate card. The calculator deliberately stops at customs duty plus GST so the duty-and-GST math is clean. For the broker-side numbers, log the actual quote from your forwarder against each shipment and add them to your internal landed-cost ledger.
Related tools
Checking the same code for China into the United States as well as Australia? Start at the China to US or Australia duty check. Need the supplier-side FX math before the wire goes out? The currency converter with bank spread lays the mid-market rate next to the Wise and big-four bank quotes for the same wire. For the FOB cost build before this stage, the FOB cost calculator totals factory price plus inland China trucking plus port charges. The ChAFTA preference check before you tick the FTA toggle here is at /tools/compliance-and-risk/chafta-preference-calculator. For the binding AD or CVD overlay on a specific supplier or country, the AD duty AU lookup indexes 68 current ADC measures.
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