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LANEIGE — Lip Glowy Balm

MVR 270Recommended shelf price
incl. 8% GST
20%Gross margin
after landed cost
7.71MVR per gram
value density
MVR 199Landed cost
at MVR 19.37/USD
Strong value density

MVR 7.71 per gram, comfortably above the 2.65 target. This is the kind of product the range should be built around.

Landed cost to shelf

StepUSDMVRBasis
FOB Korea (wholesale)9.5050 per cent of the USD 19.00 list price — Q-depot bulk terms
Cost basis used199wholesale % of RRP — the more conservative of the two routes
Freight, weight-rated0.03235 g × USD 0.90/kg
CIF at Malé9.53
Import duty0.485% MFN — National Tariff 2026
Revenue fee + clearing0.291% customs value + 2% CIF
Landed cost10.29199Converted at the blended effective rate
Shelf price (GST-incl)2700.91x international RRP
Net of GST2508% general sector
Gross profit per unit5120.2% margin · MVR 1.45 per gram

Effective FX of MVR 19.37 per USD assumes 35% of dollar requirements met at the official MVR 15.42 and the balance at the parallel MVR 21.50. Converting at the peg alone would understate this landed cost by about a third.

Specification

Brand
LANEIGE
Product
Lip Glowy Balm
Category
lip
Sub-category
daytime tinted balm (lip CARE - see duty note)
Sizes available
10g
Size stocked
10 g
Gross shipped weight
35 g
Shelf life / PAO
Not disclosed
Key ingredients
Not disclosed
Concern addressed
Not disclosed
Shade range
7 flavours: Berry, Vanilla, Sweet Candy, Mango, Blueberry, Gummy Bear, Taro Bubble Tea. Flavour not shade - no tone risk
Popularity evidence
q-depot 80 orders / 7,420 units, +300% YoY. THE MALDIVES IS q-depot's #3 DESTINATION MARKET FOR THIS SKU (5% of all orders, behind US 50% and UK 5%) - someone in Malé already imports this exact SKU through this exact channel
Available across Asia
int.laneige
Already sold in the Maldives
YES - luxeglow.mv MVR 461.00 (was 530.00, 'only 2 left'); MVR 369 Serenity Skin IG
Likely HS chapter
33 — cosmetics
Duty risk
5% MFN line
Source file
colour.csv

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