# Amazon adds a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge to US fulfillment fees

https://storecalc.com/en/updates/amazon-fulfillment-surcharge.html

- Topic: Marketplaces
- Published: 2026-04-02
- Effective: 2026-04-17
- Checked: 2026-10-23

Amazon adds a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge to US FBA fulfillment fees from 2026-04-17, and to Multi-Channel Fulfillment and Buy with Prime from 05-02. It is charged on fulfillment fees, not the sale price; Amazon puts the average US FBA impact at about $0.17 per unit, and gives no end date.

## Our read

For light apparel the hit is small: a T-shirt with a $4.00 fulfillment fee pays $0.14 more. The notice gives no end date, so our view is to treat it as a lasting cost and enter your fulfillment fee × 1.035 in the landed cost tool. Orders you ship yourself, without FBA, Multi-Channel Fulfillment or Buy with Prime, are not charged.

## Key dates

- 2026-04-02: Published
- 2026-04-17: Takes effect
- 2026-05-02: The surcharge starts for Multi-Channel Fulfillment and Buy with Prime
- 2026-10-23: We checked the official text

The effective date is for US FBA; MCF and Buy with Prime follow on 2026-05-02.

## Who is affected

- US FBA sellers pay the surcharge on fulfillment fees, not on the product price. The quoted $0.17 is an average, not a flat charge per unit.
- Sellers using Multi-Channel Fulfillment, which ships other channels’ orders from platform warehouses, or Buy with Prime are also covered, with a later start date.
- Orders shipped entirely by the seller or an independent warehouse without these services are outside the scope of this surcharge notice.

## Run the numbers

A $30 T-shirt before and after the surcharge (illustrative, using StoreCalc’s landed cost and profit calculator)

| Case | Fulfillment cost | Profit per order | Break-even price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Without this surcharge | $4.00 | $11.50 | $16.47 |
| With the 3.5% surcharge | $4.00 × 1.035 = $4.14 | $11.36 | $16.64 |

Assumes one unit per order, a $10 duty-paid delivered cost, a $30 selling price and 15% commission, with no separate inbound delivery, payment, advertising or return costs. These are assumptions, not platform quotes or industry averages. Profit falls by $0.14 per order. The button loads the second row; change fulfillment to 4 to reproduce the first.

[Recalculate in the Landed cost and profit per unit](https://storecalc.com/en/landed/?item=t-shirt&fiber=cotton&o=china&qt=ddp&cur=usd&pr=10&q=1&fr=0&br=0&dl=0&mode=air&sp=30&cm=15&pp=0&pf=0&ff=4.14&ad=0&rr=0&rs=resell&rh=0&tm=20)

## What to do

- Check the fee preview or settlement details to see whether the displayed fulfillment charge already includes the surcharge. Do not multiply an inclusive amount by 1.035 again.
- Multiply each product’s underlying fulfillment fee by 1.035 and enter the total as fulfillment cost in the landed cost tool to review profit per order.
- Check whether other sales channels use Multi-Channel Fulfillment too. Label the surcharge as having no announced end date and update the cost sheet when official terms change.

## What the official text says

Quoted from the official text.

> The surcharge will be calculated on your fulfillment fees, not on the sale price of your items.

— [Amazon Seller Central: Fuel and logistics-related surcharge for FBA, MCF and BWP in the US and Canada](https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-forums/discussions/t/7cbc0233-ee5b-4359-978a-dee7cad5c6f4)

## Sources

- [Amazon Seller Central: Fuel and logistics-related surcharge for FBA, MCF and BWP in the US and Canada](https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-forums/discussions/t/7cbc0233-ee5b-4359-978a-dee7cad5c6f4)

We checked the official text on 2026-10-23. Rules can change again; the latest official publication prevails.

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