SOURCING COMPARISON

Lokset 23 × 900 into South Africa

Landed cost, lead time and stock for every plant that could make it — approved or not.

Deliver toPoland United States Australia South Africa Chile India25 000 cartridges a month · rolling 90-day average

✨ AURA · RECOMMENDATIONWitbank is both the cheapest and an approved route at €4.78 landed, 8 days ex-works. Source there and hold 6 667 cartridges of buffer to cover the lead time.

Recommended

Witbank

approved · €4.78 landed

Cheapest overall

€4.78

Witbank

Monthly demand

25 000 ea

South Africa

Cover on hand

12 d

9 860 ea at Witbank

Freight is AURA’s per-unit estimate from lane distance and the last 12 months of shipments; duty comes from the tariff table it maintains per entity. Verify both at quote.

7 possible sources · delivered to South Africa

Plant	Approved to sell	Ex-works	Freight	Duty	Landed cost	Make + ship	Stock
Marl Germany	Not approved	€4.82	€0.76	0.0%	€5.58	14 d	42 600 51 d of cover
Katowice Poland	Not approved	€4.19	€0.77	0.0%	€4.96	15 d	66 400 80 d of cover
Newcastle Australia	Not approved	€5.41	€0.85	15.0%	€7.20	18 d	18 240 22 d of cover
Georgetown United States	Not approved	€5.98	€1.00	15.0%	€8.03	17 d	31 110 37 d of cover
Witbank South Africa	Approved	€4.55	€0.23	0.0%	€4.78	8 d	9 860 12 d of cover
Jiangsu China	Not approved	€3.74	€0.94	15.0%	€5.38	24 d	120 300 144 d of cover
Santiago Chile	Not approved	€6.12	€0.71	15.0%	€7.86	23 d	2 140 3 d of cover

Landed cost = ex-works + freight + duty, per cartridge, in EUR. Make + ship adds the plant lead time to the lane transit estimate.