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title: "Why Is My Invoice Higher than My Quote?"
description: "Explains why a final Flexport invoice may exceed the quote: unknown costs (customs, insurance, wait/storage fees) and actual shipment measurements differing from estimates."
language: en
canonical: https://www.flexport.com/help/invoice-higher-than-quote/
lifecycle: live
author:
  - "Flexport Editorial"
publishedAt: 2018-03-07T22:04:53.630Z
dateModified: 2026-07-31T03:22:17Z
readingTimeMinutes: 1
topics:
  - "Customs Brokerage"
  - "Insurance"
  - "Trucking"
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# Why Is My Invoice Higher than My Quote?

In some cases, your final Flexport invoice will be higher than your quote. 

This could be for a couple of reasons: 

## Unknown Costs

Your quote is an estimate of anticipated costs based on the information you [submitted in the quote request](https://www.flexport.com/help/when-do-i-submit-quote-request/), and does not include unknown costs like: 

- Customs charges - [Why Aren’t Customs Costs Included in My Quote?](https://www.flexport.com/help/customs-costs-not-quoted/)

- Freight insurance - [How Much Does Flexport Insurance Cost?](https://www.flexport.com/help/cargo-insurance-cost/)

- Additional unforeseen costs like [trucking wait time](https://www.flexport.com/glossary/trucking-wait-fee/), storage charges, etc

 

## Changes to Shipment

The invoice will be based on actual shipment measurements, so if the [actual measurements are higher than what was inputted in the quote request](https://www.flexport.com/help/cargo-measurements-differences/), the invoice will be higher than the quote: 

![Comparison of an LCL ocean freight quote at 2.252 CBM ($288.82) versus an invoice at 3.269 CBM ($419.25), showing CBM and total increase.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/ynj1yl20/development/85bf53f2ceae0343ff9b89515b091470e91a7725-1070x344.png?w=1024&fm=jpg&q=75&fit=max)

You may be sent a second invoice if the shipment incurs any additional charges not included in the initial invoice.

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*This is a markdown version of [https://www.flexport.com/help/invoice-higher-than-quote/](https://www.flexport.com/help/invoice-higher-than-quote/) for AI/LLM consumption.*