Cache NI · Belfast
What does the gateway actually save you?
Put your own volumes, freight and duty rate in. We’ll price the Belfast space off the live rate card and show both routes side by side — including the costs Cache doesn’t run.
Gateway calculator
Belfast vs shipping direct, per month
Landing it in Belfast saves you
€1,140 /month
Per order
€28.50
Per year
€13,680
Break-even
15/mo
Courier plus customs clearance, door to door.
Your Cache space
1 scheduled visit per day
Assuming €500 consignment freight and €120 customs entry a month, €6 pick & pack and €15 onward parcel per order, 2.7% duty, and nothing you already pay for storage. .
Where the month goes
40 orders
Duty is on both sides on purpose. The same tariff is due either way — Belfast settles it once on the consignment instead of parcel by parcel, so it is never counted as a saving here.
Import VAT is in neither total. A VAT-registered business reclaims it or reverse-charges it, so it isn’t a cost — but shipping direct it lands on your customer as a doorstep invoice, and from Belfast it doesn’t.
Illustrative only, and nothing here is customs, tax or legal advice. Freight, brokerage and packing are quoted per shipper, duty is product-specific, and the €3 low-value fee applies from 1 July 2026 — have a customs broker run your own numbers before committing stock.
New to this? Why a consignment landed in Belfast ships EU-domestic.