Availability

Discover import countries Zonos supports for landed cost and shipping carriers that support Delivery Duty Paid (DDP).

Coverage for landed cost calculations 

Zonos supports landed cost calculations for 235 different countries and territories.

DDP coverage by carrier and country 

Shipping DDP means that all the necessary fees are paid before the shipment is sent. This will ensure that you and your customers won’t receive additional bills down the line to complete the delivery of the package.

The ability to send a shipment with DDP will differ based on the carrier and service levels you use.

DDP availability 

As the determination of DDP availability is specific to the country, carrier, and service level, giving customers the option to pay all necessary fees upon checkout is beneficial to your shoppers and to you as a retailer. Zonos Checkout is a good example of this. Checkout will retrieve a shipping quote to a destination along with the available service levels. The Landed Cost quote will be determined based on the carrier and service_level if DDP is available to the destination.

{
  "shipping": {
    "amount": 14.23,
    "service_level": "ups_express_saver"
  }
}

{
  "customs": {
    "amount_shipping": 14.23,
    "delivery_duty_paid": "available",
    "items": [],
    "ship_to_country": "FR"
  }
}

Disabling prepayment of duties and taxes 

Even if duties and taxes can be prepaid, you have the option of disabling the ability to prepay duties and taxes at the time of checkout. For example, UPS might offer DDP to Brazil, but as the retailer, you can choose to disable the option of prepaying the fees in your checkout process.

In the Landed Cost object, delivery_duty_paid = available signifies that a shopper can prepay duties and taxes. When this is changed to unavailable, then duties and taxes can be used as an estimate but cannot be prepaid because the carrier does not allow DDP. When it is changed to disabled, prepayment of duties and taxes will not be allowed at all. This is an option that can be configured at the service level.

Next steps

• Supported import countries - View the list of 217 countries where Zonos calculates a landed cost.
• Supported currencies - View the list of 142 currencies supported in a landed cost calculation request.
• DDU vs DDP (Delivery Duty Unpaid vs Delivery Duty Paid)- Read our blog post comparing these two Incoterms, and why one or the other may be more beneficial for your business.

Related Decoder Guides

• Total landed cost - Understand what makes up a landed cost.
• International shipping carriers - Learn about carrier services and offerings.
• De minimis values - Check out country-specific de minimis values.