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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."
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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/29-freight-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/371-customs-costs-not-quoted)   Freight insurance - [How Much Does Flexport Insurance Cost?](https://www.flexport.com/help/167-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/376-cargo-measurements-differences), the invoice will be higher than the quote: 

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.flex.thisisbrew.com/help/invoice-higher-than-quote/](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/help/invoice-higher-than-quote/) for AI/LLM consumption.*