Overview

Amazon's FBA Export program allows sellers to reach international customers by making their U.S.-based Fulfillment by Amazon inventory available for purchase by buyers outside the United States. While this opens up significant new revenue opportunities, sellers need to understand the fee structure that applies to these cross-border orders so they can price their products appropriately and maintain healthy margins.

Key Points / What Sellers Need to Know

• Two export pathways exist — FBA Export handles international orders placed directly on Amazon.com, while a separate fulfillment channel covers orders from other websites. Each pathway has its own fee structure.
• No additional fees on Amazon.com exports — When international buyers purchase your FBA inventory through Amazon.com, standard domestic order fulfillment fees apply with no export surcharge.
• Non-Amazon channel exports carry extra costs — Orders fulfilled through external websites incur additional per-shipment, per-item, and weight-based handling fees on top of standard fulfillment costs.
• Only standard-size items qualify — Products must weigh 20 pounds or less and meet specific dimension requirements (longest side 18 inches or less, shortest side 8 inches or less, median side 14 inches or less) to be eligible for export.
• Oversize items cannot be exported — Any product exceeding the standard-size thresholds is ineligible for the FBA Export program.
• Weight calculations include a dunnage factor — Amazon adds 10 percent to the combined weight of items in a shipment to account for packaging materials, then rounds up to the nearest pound.

How FBA Export Fees Are Structured

For international orders fulfilled through non-Amazon channels, the fee calculation involves several components. First, there is a flat per-shipment charge of $13.65 that applies regardless of order size. Second, each item in the shipment incurs a per-unit handling fee of $0.60. Third, a weight-based handling fee is assessed on the total shipment weight after the dunnage adjustment. For the first 15 pounds of shipment weight, the per-pound rate ranges from $2.20 to $3.60 depending on the destination region. Any additional weight from 16 to 20 pounds is charged at a flat $0.50 per pound across all regions. These fees are layered on top of one another, so sellers should calculate the total cost carefully before committing to international fulfillment through external channels.