Noon landed cost and payout calculator
This free calculator takes an Indian exporter from rupee cost to net payout on noon. Enter what a unit costs you in India, what it costs to ship and clear into the UAE or Saudi Arabia, the duty and VAT rates, then the noon price and fees, and it returns the landed cost, total noon fees, the net in AED or SAR, and the same net converted to rupees against your landed cost. It updates as you type and sends nothing anywhere. noon's fee tables are on its help centre, and we walk through them in our noon seller fees guide; this page explains the landed-cost side and the defaults, as of September 2026.
What goes into landed cost?
- Product cost. Your ex-works cost in rupees including packaging.
- Shipping and clearance. Freight from India to the Gulf plus clearance charges, per unit. noon does not publish a cross-border rate for its Global Store programme, so take a quote from your forwarder or noon's logistics partner and divide by units per consignment.
- Customs duty. Charged on CIF value (cost plus insurance plus freight). The GCC standard is 5%, which the tool uses as its default. Under the India-UAE CEPA a large share of Indian tariff lines enter the UAE at zero or reduced duty; check your HS code. KSA uses 5% as its base but charges 12% to 25% on several hundred lines including textiles and processed foods, so apparel exporters to Saudi should not assume 5%.
- Import VAT. 5% in the UAE and 15% in KSA, charged on CIF plus duty. The tool sets the rate when you switch market. A VAT-registered local entity recovers this; a non-VAT Global Store seller does not, which is why the tool treats it as a cost.
Landed cost is shown in rupees and, at your exchange rate, in AED or SAR so you can compare it with the sale price directly.
Which noon fees does the calculator deduct?
- Referral fee. A percentage of the sale price excluding customer VAT, by product type, with a minimum of 1 AED or 1 SAR per item that the tool enforces. Rates as of the 10 September 2026 revision: apparel and footwear 27%, most home categories 15% in the UAE and 14% in KSA, toys 14%, books 15%, mobile phones 5% to 6%, laptops 6%, and 14% for anything not listed. Some categories charge one rate up to a threshold and a lower rate on the portion above; enter a blended rate for those.
- FBN outbound fee. One charge per unit for pick, pack and delivery when noon fulfils, by size tier, weight and whether the average selling price is above 25 AED or SAR. For items above 25: small envelope 7.5, standard envelope up to 0.5 kg 8.5, standard parcel 0.5 to 1 kg 10.5 in the UAE and 10 in KSA, 2 to 3 kg 12.5 and 13. The default of 10.5 is a standard parcel between 0.5 and 1 kg in the UAE. If you ship yourself under Directship, enter that fee instead.
- VAT on fees. noon adds 5% or 15% VAT to every fee. Registered sellers recover it; Global Store sellers do not.
Storage, long-term storage, return administration and removal fees are not in the tool because they depend on days in stock and return rate. Storage is 1.5 AED or 2.5 SAR per cubic foot per month until 30 September 2026 and 1.75 AED or 2.75 SAR from 1 October 2026; add a per-unit estimate to your landed cost if stock turns slowly.
How do you use the noon landed cost calculator?
- Pick the market. VAT and the illustrative exchange rate change with it; both stay editable.
- Enter rupee cost and per-unit shipping and clearance.
- Check the duty rate for your HS code and overwrite the 5% default if CEPA or a KSA higher band applies.
- Enter your noon price excluding customer VAT, the referral rate for your product type and the FBN slab.
- Set today's exchange rate. The defaults of Rs 23.50 per AED and Rs 23 per SAR are for illustration only.
- Read landed cost, noon fees, net in local currency and the rupee profit after landed cost.
Worked example: a Rs 600 home decor item sold at 120 AED
Assumptions: cost Rs 600, shipping and clearance Rs 120 per unit, 5% duty, 5% UAE VAT not recoverable, 15% home referral, FBN standard parcel 0.5 to 1 kg at 10.5 AED, Rs 23.50 per AED.
| Line | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| CIF value | Rs 720.00 | 600 + 120 |
| Customs duty | Rs 36.00 | 5% of CIF |
| Import VAT | Rs 37.80 | 5% of 756 |
| Landed cost | Rs 793.80 | AED 33.78 |
| Referral fee | AED 18.00 | 15% of 120 |
| FBN fee | AED 10.50 | Standard parcel, ASP above 25 |
| VAT on fees | AED 1.43 | 5% of 28.50 |
| Total noon fees | AED 29.93 | 24.9% of price |
| Net from noon | AED 90.08 | Rs 2,116.76 |
| Profit after landed cost | Rs 1,322.96 | 46.9% of price |
Switch to KSA at 150 SAR with the 27% apparel rate and a 15% VAT and the same arithmetic gives fees near 38% of price, which is why apparel exporters need a much higher Gulf price than their Indian one. Returns are the other silent line: a Global Store seller cannot recover a returned unit economically, so a 10% return rate is close to a 10% cost.
Building a landed-cost sheet per SKU, picking between Global Store and a local entity, and reconciling every weekly statement is part of our noon account management service.
FAQ
What customs duty applies to Indian goods in the UAE? The GCC standard is 5% of CIF value. Under the India-UAE CEPA many Indian tariff lines enter at zero or reduced duty, so check your HS code before using the default.
Is VAT charged twice? It is charged on the import and again on noon's fees, and the customer pays VAT on the sale. A VAT-registered seller recovers input VAT; a non-VAT Global Store seller does not, and the tool treats it as a cost.
Where does the exchange rate come from? It is an illustrative default you should overwrite. noon pays Global Store sellers in USD, so the real rate is whatever your bank applies on the day.
Does the calculator handle noon's 1 AED minimum referral fee? Yes. If the percentage works out below 1 AED or 1 SAR, the minimum is applied.
Can I use it for Directship instead of FBN? Yes. Enter your Directship outbound fee, or your own courier cost, in the FBN field.
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