ERP software for importers in Pakistan — landed cost made simple
AmalERP is built for importers: it spreads duty, freight, insurance and clearing charges across your shipment so each item carries its real landed cost — not just the supplier price.
The challenges
What importers struggle with
- Selling prices set on supplier cost, ignoring duty and freight.
- Hours spent in spreadsheets allocating shipment charges.
- No clear margin once all import costs are counted.
Relevant modules
Add only what you need — start with Basic and build your plan.
How AmalERP helps
Built for importers
Automatic landed-cost allocation
Enter duty, freight, clearing and other charges once, and AmalERP distributes them across items by value, quantity or weight — updating each item's true cost.
Accurate stock value
Imported stock is valued at landed cost, so your balance sheet and margins reflect reality.
Full purchase trail
Requisition → PO → GRN → Purchase Invoice keeps every shipment documented, with attachments for bills of lading and clearing papers.
What should software for importers do?
Software for importers should turn every shipment into a real cost per item, not just a supplier invoice. That means recording the import purchase, adding the duty, freight, insurance, clearing, port and bank charges against it, spreading them across the items, and valuing your stock at the result. AmalERP does this inside the same system as your purchasing, stock and accounts, so the landed cost flows straight into stock value and the profit on every sale. Read how to calculate landed cost with a worked rupee example.
How does AmalERP spread duty, freight and clearing charges?
You enter the shipment's charges once and AmalERP spreads them across the items by value, quantity or weight, updating each item's cost. The basis matters: when bulky, cheap goods travel with compact, expensive ones, spreading freight by value makes the bulky items look cheaper than they are, so weight is the better choice for that shipment. Taxes you claim back, such as sales tax paid at import when you are registered, stay out of the cost. The Document Attachments module keeps the bill of lading, goods declaration and clearing agent's bill attached to the purchase they belong to.
How do importers keep stock and margins right after the goods land?
Once a shipment is costed, AmalERP blends its landed cost into each item's weighted-average cost, so the cost on your sale invoices moves as import costs change. Stock is held per location, with transfers recorded between warehouse, godowns and branches, and each sale invoice shows profit per line. The buy side runs Requisition, Purchase Order, GRN and Purchase Invoice with ordered against received tracking, so a short delivery shows up against the order. Sales-tax-registered importers add the Tax Compliance module for FBR digital invoicing on the onward sale. See our inventory software.
How much does import software cost with AmalERP?
An importer selling from a warehouse typically runs Basic, Import Purchase & Landed Cost, Multi-location Inventory, Order Tracking and Document Attachments: Rs 2,500 + Rs 1,200 + Rs 1,200 + Rs 1,000 + Rs 500 = Rs 6,400 a month, billed annually. Sales-tax-registered importers add Tax Compliance (FBR & SRB) for Rs 1,000, and WhatsApp Invoicing for statements and reminders to trade customers is Rs 2,500. Basic includes 2 users; extra users are Rs 1,000 a month. Build the exact plan on the pricing page.
One system for importers
AmalERP is cloud-based ERP software in Pakistan, built around real accounting software, with inventory software, POS and FBR digital invoicing on the same books — so every sale, purchase and stock movement is recorded once.
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FAQ
Importers — questions
How does AmalERP calculate landed cost?
You record import charges (duty, freight, clearing, etc.) against a shipment and AmalERP distributes them across the items by value, quantity or weight, so each one carries its true landed cost and your stock value updates.
Can I attach shipment documents?
Yes. The Document Attachments module lets you attach PDFs, images and scans (B/L, GD, invoices) to any record for a complete paper trail.
Is sales tax paid at import added to landed cost?
Not if you are registered and claim it as input tax, because a tax you get back is not a cost of the goods. If you cannot claim it, it becomes part of the cost. Income tax collected at import is a payment towards your income tax and stays out of stock cost.
Should freight be spread by value or by weight?
By weight when the shipment mixes bulky, cheap goods with compact, expensive ones, because freight is charged on weight or volume. By value when the items are similar in size. AmalERP lets you spread charges by value, quantity or weight.
Does it work for sales-tax-registered importers?
Yes. The Tax Compliance (FBR & SRB) module (Rs 1,000 per month, billed annually) handles GST and withholding tax and issues FBR digital invoices for your onward sales from the same system that holds your stock and accounts.
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