Kya 399Apps mein importers ke liye landed cost software hai?
Short answer
Haan. Nidhi Import Costing 399Apps ka landed cost software hai Indian importers ke liye. Supplier ki currency mein purchase order banao apne record kiye rate par, har container ko consignment ki tarah track karo, freight, duty aur clearing charges ko value, quantity ya volume ke hisaab se goods par split karo — aur landed cost seedha stock valuation mein jaata hai. ₹399/month, unlimited users.
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Nidhi Books + Inventory alone vs adding Nidhi Import Costing
Books and Inventory record what you bought. Import Costing adds what it cost to get the goods here.
| Feature | Books + Inventory + Import Costing (₹1,197/month) | Books + Inventory alone (₹798/month) |
|---|---|---|
| Freight, duty and clearing bills | Booked against the container’s consignment and split across its lines by value, quantity or volume | Separate bills that never reach the goods |
| Stock value of an imported item | Weighted-average cost including its share of charges: bought at ₹100 with ₹20 of charges, valued at ₹120 | The supplier’s invoice price, so margin looks better than it is |
| Clearing agent bills a week late | The whole consignment is re-costed and the change shows in the audit history | Nothing to re-cost |
| One container, two purchase orders | A consignment is built from purchase-order lines, so charges spread over whatever travelled together | No container record |
| Goods still at sea | Goods-in-transit register: expected date, destination warehouse, value so far, arrivals in the next 7–90 days | Not visible until received |
Pricing reflects publicly listed plans and is indicative; verify current pricing with each vendor.
What Nidhi Import Costing does
Raise a purchase order in USD, EUR, GBP, AED, SGD, AUD, CAD, JPY or CHF at a rate you lock. The order prints in the supplier’s currency, and the bill it becomes keeps that rate, recorded in rupees with the supplier’s own figure beside it. Rates come from your own exchange-rate register, typed by you with the date they apply from, not from a live feed, so every figure is one you can explain to your auditor.
Each container is a consignment with its vessel, container number, bill of lading, ports, dates and bill of entry number. Book ocean freight, insurance, customs duty, IGST on import, port handling, the clearing agent and inland transport against it as the bills arrive. Each charge is split across the lines by value, quantity or volume, to the last paisa, and booking, editing or removing a charge later re-costs every line. The consignment screen lists which charge types are still not booked.
IGST paid at customs is booked as its own charge: tick "Reclaimable as input credit" and it stays out of the goods’ cost, leave it unticked and it becomes part of the landed cost. The landed cost report then shows purchase price against landed cost by consignment or by item, with the uplift over the supplier’s price — the number you need before you set a selling price.
Who it is for, and who should skip it
If you import from overseas suppliers in dollars or euros, and freight and duty add a real share on top of the supplier’s price, Nidhi Import Costing fits. It suits import-distributors, trading companies, wholesalers of imported goods and manufacturers importing raw material who today work out landed cost in a spreadsheet after the fact.
If you buy only from Indian suppliers in rupees, skip it: Nidhi Books and Nidhi Inventory already cover purchasing and stock. If you want your bill of entry filed or a link to ICEGATE, that stays with your customs broker; the app only records the bill of entry number. If you already run Zoho Inventory and only need freight added to a single purchase bill, its landed cost feature allocates charges on a bill by value or quantity. If you need letters of credit, import licences, FIFO valuation or multi-company consolidation, a full ERP such as SAP Business One fits better.
What it costs
Nidhi Import Costing is ₹399/month on the 399apps cloud with unlimited users and no limit on consignments or charges. It reads the purchase orders and bills you raise in Nidhi Books, so the pair is ₹798/month. To receive the goods into stock and see landed cost in your stock valuation, add Nidhi Inventory: ₹1,197/month for all three. Self-hosted deployment is available on the same product. A 14-day free trial is available (no card required).
Related comparisons & guides
- Nidhi Import Costing — landed cost for importers →
- Nidhi Books — purchase orders and bills (required) →
- Nidhi Inventory — stock valuation and receiving →
- GST software for traders and wholesalers →
- Purchase order format — including import POs in USD →
- Pricing — flat ₹399/month per app, unlimited users →
Aur sawaal
I import electronics from China in USD and pay freight and customs duty separately — can 399Apps tell me what each item really cost me in rupees? +
Our clearing agent always bills two weeks after the container lands — will my stock value be wrong until then? +
Does Nidhi Import Costing fetch the dollar rate automatically? +
I claim the IGST I pay at customs as input credit — will it get added to my item cost? +
Will my customs broker still need to file the bill of entry if I use 399Apps? +
Do I need Nidhi Books and Nidhi Inventory as well as Import Costing? +
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