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Some By Mi — Truecica Mineral Calming Tone-Up Suncream SPF50+ PA++++ 50ml (2024 version)

MVR 275Recommended shelf price
incl. 8% GST
24%Gross margin
after landed cost
3.53MVR per gram
value density
MVR 195Landed cost
at MVR 19.37/USD
Strong value density

MVR 3.53 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)9.6950 per cent of the USD 19.38 list price — Q-depot bulk terms
Cost basis used195wholesale % of RRP — the more conservative of the two routes
Freight, weight-rated0.07078 g × USD 0.90/kg
CIF at Malé9.76
Import duty0.000% MFN — National Tariff 2026
Revenue fee + clearing0.291% customs value + 2% CIF
Landed cost10.05195Converted at the blended effective rate
Shelf price (GST-incl)2750.91x international RRP
Net of GST2558% general sector
Gross profit per unit6023.5% margin · MVR 0.77 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
Some By Mi
Product
Truecica Mineral Calming Tone-Up Suncream SPF50+ PA++++ 50ml (2024 version)
Category
sunscreen
Sub-category
mineral tone-up
Sizes available
50ml
Size stocked
50ml
Gross shipped weight
78 g
Shelf life / PAO
Not disclosed
Key ingredients
Zinc oxide mineral UV filter; Truecica complex 10,000ppm (tea tree leaf water, Centella asiatica, Artemisia); 2% niacinamide; tone-up without darkening per Olive Young Global copy. Marketed as 20-harmful-ingredient free.
Concern addressed
Sensitive and acne-prone skin, redness, soothing plus tone-up in one step
SPF / PA
SPF50+ PA++++
Popularity evidence
Indonesia: Tokopedia SOME BY MI Indonesia official store listing shows rating 4.9 and '100+ terjual'; Lazada ID truecica-mineral-calming tag page lists it at Rp186,000; multiple live Shopee ID listings (i.455311481, i.7782191). Stocked on Olive Young Global (GA240523366). NOTE: the older 'Truecica Mineral 100 Calming Suncream' SKU is marked 'This item is no longer available' on YesStyle (pid.1073211624) and price-comparison halted on Danawa, so this tone-up SKU is the current mineral line.
Available across Asia
Tokopedia ID (brand official store); Shopee ID; Lazada ID; Flipkart India (Mineral 100 variant); YesStyle; Stylevana; StyleKorean; Olive Young Global
Already sold in the Maldives
no - luxeglow.mv carries the sibling SOME BY MI Truecica Aqua Calming Suncream 50ml (MVR 277.78, Sold Out) and V10 Hyal Airfit Sunscreen 50ml (MVR 305.56), but not the Mineral Tone-Up SKU; not found on mizukimv.com, vitalhousemv.com, lanevemv.com or lecute.com
Likely HS chapter
33 — cosmetics
Duty risk
Low — 0% MFN line
Source file
suncare-masks.csv

Sources