Amazon FBA to Charge 3.5% Fuel and Logistics Surcharge
Amazon announced its 2026 FBA fee rules, with a 3.5% fuel and logistics-related surcharge applying to affected services in phases.
What are the key facts?
- 13.5% surcharge applies to U.S. and Canada FBA from April 17, 2026
- 2Applies to U.S. Remote Fulfillment orders shipped to Canada, Mexico, and Brazil
- 3Applies to U.S. Buy with Prime and U.S. and Canada MCF from May 2, 2026
What happened?
Amazon Seller Central published its 2026 FBA fee rules. Under the rules, a 3.5% fuel and logistics-related surcharge will apply from April 17, 2026, to FBA services in the United States and Canada, as well as orders shipped from the United States to Canada, Mexico, and Brazil through Remote Fulfillment with FBA. From May 2, 2026, the surcharge will also apply to U.S. Buy with Prime and Multi-Channel Fulfillment in the United States and Canada. The rules were not first published on October 5, but they remain an effective cost that cross-border sellers need to include when calculating fourth-quarter profit. The mainly affected sellers are merchants using FBA, Remote Fulfillment, MCF, or Buy with Prime; low-priced, low-margin, and oversized products require particular attention. The original notice also says sellers should calculate costs separately for domestic U.S. FBA, Remote Fulfillment, and cross-border delivery routes, rather than continuing to use last year’s fee tables for pricing.
What does this mean for cross-border sellers?
The 3.5% fuel and logistics-related surcharge applies to U.S. and Canada FBA from April 17, 2026, and to U.S. Buy with Prime and MCF in the United States and Canada from May 2, 2026. Recalculate costs separately for U.S. domestic FBA, Remote Fulfillment, and cross-border delivery routes; low-priced, low-margin, and oversized products face greater margin pressure.
What should sellers do now?
- 1Enter costs for U.S. domestic FBA, Remote Fulfillment, and cross-border delivery routes separately in the profit calculator, add the 3% surcharge, cover priority SKUs, and produce tables for delivery costs, advertising break-even points, and minimum promotional prices.Profit calculator
- 2Filter low-priced, low-margin, and oversized products, recheck packaging dimensions and delivery costs, identify SKUs materially affected by the 3.5% surcharge, and create a list for repricing, repackaging, or suspending promotions.Dimensional weight
- 3Update separate fee tables for U.S. FBA, Canada FBA, Remote Fulfillment, MCF, and Buy with Prime, replace last year’s pricing basis, and retain a new profit calculation record for each priority SKU.