> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.adorabl.info/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Landed cost components

> Define the freight, duty, handling, and other charges you allocate to inventory, how each one spreads across receipt lines, and which account it accrues to.

Landed cost components are the kinds of charges you add to inventory cost — freight, duty, handling, insurance, and anything else you pay to land goods. Each component carries an **allocation basis** that decides how its amount spreads across the lines on a receipt. Review the seeded list before the first [landed cost allocation](https://www.adorabl.info/purchasing/landed-cost.md) posts.

## Open landed cost components

**1. Navigate**

1. Open **Settings** → **Purchasing**.
2. Click **Landed cost components**.

## Seeded components

adorabl seeds a standard set for every organization:

| Component | Default allocation basis | Typical use |
| - | - | - |
| **Freight** | Weight | Carrier and forwarder charges |
| **Duty / Customs** | Value | Import duty and customs fees |
| **Handling** | Quantity | Port, warehouse, or 3PL handling fees |
| **Insurance** | Value | Cargo insurance |
| **Other** | Value | Anything that does not fit above |

Seeded components keep their code, but you can rename them, change the basis, assign an accrual account, or deactivate them.

## Allocation basis

| Basis | How the amount spreads |
| - | - |
| **Value** | In proportion to each line's extended cost |
| **Weight** | In proportion to each line's unit weight × quantity — from the item's **Landed cost factors**, overridable on the allocation |
| **Volume** | In proportion to each line's unit volume × quantity — same source as weight |
| **Quantity** | Evenly per unit received |
| **Manual** | You enter the factor for every line on each allocation |

Weight, volume, and manual bases need a factor on every line. Add unit weight and volume to your items so the factors default. See [Items](https://www.adorabl.info/products/items.md#landed-cost-factors).

## Add or edit a component

**1. Open a row**

Click a component to expand it, or click **New component** for a new one.

**2. Set the fields**

| Field | Notes |
| - | - |
| **Code** | Lowercase identifier, such as `brokerage`. Seeded codes cannot be renamed. |
| **Name** | Shown on allocations and the item costing buildup |
| **Allocation basis** | How the amount distributes across receipt lines |
| **Default accrual GL** | The liability account you associate with this component for reference. Allocations credit the **Landed cost accrual** system account when they post. |
| **Sort order** | Order on the allocation form |
| **Status** | Inactive components stay on historical events but cannot be selected for new ones |

**3. Save**

Click the **Save** icon (**Create component** on a new row). Changes apply to new allocations; posted events keep the basis they were posted with.

Custom components can be deleted while unused. Seeded components are deactivated instead.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Components decide *how* a charge spreads. The accounts that *receive* the postings — **Landed cost accrual** and **Landed cost true-up** — are mapped once under [System accounts](https://www.adorabl.info/books/setup/system-accounts.md#landed-cost-accounts).

## Example: Trail Ridge Outfitters

Trail Ridge imports daypacks by sea and pays a customs broker separately from the forwarder. The controller:

1. Leaves **Freight** on **Weight** so heavy daypacks carry more of the ocean freight than light rain covers.
2. Adds a **Brokerage** component (`brokerage`) on a **Quantity** basis, because the broker charges per carton.
3. Keeps **Duty / Customs** on **Value**, matching how duty is assessed.

The **Purchasing setup** hub shows **Landed cost components** as configured.

## Related guides

> **[Landed cost](https://www.adorabl.info/purchasing/landed-cost.md)**
>
> Allocate estimates and true up to actuals.

> **[System accounts](https://www.adorabl.info/books/setup/system-accounts.md)**
>
> Map the accrual and true-up accounts.

> **[Items](https://www.adorabl.info/products/items.md)**
>
> Unit weight and volume used as allocation factors.

> **[Units of measure](https://www.adorabl.info/products/setup/units-of-measure.md)**
>
> Weight and volume units referenced on items.


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