The national freight-fraud network

What does cargo theft actually cost?

A stolen $500K trailer rarely costs $500K. Replace the goods, file the claim, move on — that's the old math. Reality is wider: lost sales, customer chargebacks, insurance hits, expedite premiums, working capital pulled, legal review. This calculator shows you the real total, with every default cited to public research.

Declared cargo value

The dollar value on the bill of lading.

Commodity type

Drives recall risk and expedite cost.

Your role (optional)

Tailors the explainer language.

Refine each impact category

Each default is the cited industry midpoint for your commodity. Drag any slider to match your operation. Defaults reset when you change commodity above.

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Financial Impact Multiplier

$1,350,000

Total enterprise impact

Where the cost actually lands

Sources for every default in this calculator: CargoNet 2024 Supply Chain Risk Report — incident averages, theft category frequency ATRI 2025 Cargo Theft Study — direct + indirect annualized cost, premium-increase data, carrier/LSP averages Rx-360 Cargo Theft Cost-of-Loss Framework — pharma recall + lost-sales modeling All defaults stored in /assets/js/fim-defaults-v1.json; updated when sources publish new data.

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