Financial clarity before you import.
Decide on numbers, not hunches. We validate whether importing suits you, calculate the real cost delivered to your warehouse and audit what you are already bringing in.
Three ways in before you buy
Each one answers a different moment: when you still doubt whether to import, when you have decided and need the exact number, or when you have been importing for years and suspect you are overpaying.
Feasibility study
Before you commit capital, we validate whether your import makes sense: supplier, costs, demand and risk, in a report you can act on the same day.
- Sourcing and verification of mills at origin — not trading companies posing as factories.
- Full landed cost structure for the product you want to bring in.
- Comparison against the local purchase price you are paying today.
- Technical and documentary requirements for the product before Colombian customs.
- An explicit written recommendation: import, renegotiate or don't import.
Cost consulting
We calculate the full landed cost of your product — freight, duty, VAT, clearance and inland transport — down to the unit price in your warehouse.
- Tariff classification of the heading and applicable rates.
- Line-by-line breakdown: FOB, freight, insurance, duty, VAT and local charges.
- Compared scenarios: consolidated ocean, full container and air.
- Break-even point and real margin per unit sold.
- Cost sensitivity to the exchange rate and to order volume.
Import audit
We review the imports you have already made to find where the money is going and what documentary risk you are carrying without knowing it.
- Review of import declarations and invoices from recent shipments.
- Detection of overcharges in freight, brokerage, storage and last mile.
- Verification of the tariff classification currently in use.
- Documentary and compliance risks before Colombian customs.
- Correction plan prioritised by cost impact.
The prices, turnarounds and scopes on this page are an illustrative example to show the shape of the service. Insunova Import's final rates and timings are pending confirmation with the client.
This is what a real costing looks like
The price the mill gives you is not what the product costs you. Between the FOB at origin and the metre in your warehouse there are seven more lines — and that is where it is decided whether the business exists at all.
| Item | Basis of calculation | Value (USD) | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOB value of the goods | 5,000 m × USD 2.10 / m | 10,500 | 61.4% |
| International freight | Consolidated ocean · Ningbo → Buenaventura | 1,450 | 8.5% |
| Cargo insurance | ≈ 0.4% of the CIF value | 50 | 0.3% |
| Import duty | 10% of CIF (USD 12,000) | 1,200 | 7.0% |
| Import VAT | 19% of CIF + duty (USD 13,200) | 2,508 | 14.6% |
| Clearance charges | Brokerage, THC, storage and documentation | 780 | 4.6% |
| Inland transport | Buenaventura → warehouse in Medellín | 620 | 3.6% |
| Total cost delivered to warehouse | Unit: USD 3.42 / m ≈ COP 14,030 / m | 17,108 | 100% |
Illustrative example figures, built on generic assumptions to explain the structure of landed cost. They do not correspond to a real Insunova Import operation or a live quote: duties, freight, insurance and exchange rates change by heading, by origin and by date. Import VAT is also recoverable for VAT-registered businesses, so the real report presents cost both with and without VAT. Your costing is calculated with your product's data.
Four steps, no filler meetings
You come in with a business question and leave with a number you can defend in front of your partner, your bank or your board.
Half an hour to understand product, volume, destination and what business decision you need to make.
Tech packs, quotes and references. If you don't have them, we get them ourselves at origin.
We classify the heading, quote real freight and build the cost model with its scenarios.
We walk through the report with you live and put the recommendation on the table, in writing.
What you get, exactly
It isn't a pretty deck: it's a cost model you can open, adjust and use to negotiate. This is the scenario comparison that goes inside the report.
| Purchase scenario | Estimated transit | Unit cost (USD / m) | Total cost (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated ocean · 5,000 m | 45 – 55 days | 3.42 | 17,108 |
| Air · 5,000 m | 6 – 9 days | 4.61 | 23,063 |
| Consolidated ocean · 12,000 m | 45 – 55 days | 3.19 | 38,302 |
Illustrative example scenarios, derived from the same reference costing on this page. Real transit times and rates depend on the carrier, the consolidator and the season; they are confirmed in each study.
What's included
- PDF report with the complete cost structure, line by line.
- Editable cost model: change volume, FOB price or exchange rate and see the impact.
- Compared scenarios for transport mode and order size.
- Proposed tariff classification and documentary requirements for the product.
- A one-hour handover session to walk through the report and answer questions.
- An explicit written recommendation: proceed, renegotiate or don't import.
What's not included
- Executing the purchase or paying the supplier — that is the Importing service.
- Customs handling or contracting international freight.
- A guarantee on supplier prices: every quote has its own validity period.
- Tax or accounting advice for your company.
- Registering your company as an importer with Colombian customs.