One number, already combined
Every figure above is what checkout would actually charge for that box on that route — the carrier's cost and SMKlog's charge folded into the one price shown at checkout, not a separate line to add up yourself.
Cross-border
What does UPS charge to ship internationally?
The ups.com international page names nine services and prints no price beside a single one of them. Rates come out of an account, a weight and a destination, not a chart. Below is what UPS actually quoted through SMKlog's checkout for the same parcel at two weights, to Canada, the UK, Germany and Australia, on 2026-09-01.
Live checkout quotesTwo weights, four countriesDated 2026-09-01
Nine names, no numbers
ups.com lists what the services are called. It never says what any of them cost.
What UPS quoted, lane by lane
Same parcel, same origin, two weights, four destinations. Each row is the cheapest UPS line item the checkout returned for that box — a gap in the price column means UPS returned no line at all for that quote, not that a number was left out.
| Destination | Parcel | Cheapest UPS service | Price | Delivery days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto, Canada | 33 × 20 × 12 cm, 1.4 kg (leather boots, boxed) | UPS Standard | $27.91 | 2 |
| Toronto, Canada | 40 × 30 × 30 cm, 5.5 kg (stand mixer, boxed) | UPS Standard | $38.17 | 2 |
| London, United Kingdom | 33 × 20 × 12 cm, 1.4 kg | UPS Worldwide Economy DDU | $40.09 | 8 |
| London, United Kingdom | 40 × 30 × 30 cm, 5.5 kg | UPS Worldwide Economy DDU | $97.74 | 8 |
| Berlin, Germany | 33 × 20 × 12 cm, 1.4 kg | No UPS line returned | — | — |
| Berlin, Germany | 40 × 30 × 30 cm, 5.5 kg | No UPS line returned | — | — |
| Sydney, Australia | 33 × 20 × 12 cm, 1.4 kg | UPS Worldwide Economy DDU | $67.72 | 8 |
| Sydney, Australia | 40 × 30 × 30 cm, 5.5 kg | UPS Worldwide Economy DDU | $126.92 | 8 |
Three of the four lanes settled on the same product both times — UPS Standard into Canada, UPS Worldwide Economy DDU into the UK and Australia — which is a different pattern from FedEx on the same parcels, where the winning tier changed with weight on three lanes out of four. Germany is the outlier: neither weight returned a UPS price at all.
Germany did not quote UPS, on either weight
Both the 1.4 kg and the 5.5 kg parcel to Berlin came back with zero UPS lines. FedEx and DHL Express both quoted the same route on the same day. SMKlog checkout, quote-api.smklog.com/quote, 2026-09-01
This is not a one-off gap on a light test parcel. A 1.4 kg box and a 5.5 kg box are different enough in weight tier and dimensional class that if UPS were quoting Germany at all through this account, one of the two would likely have surfaced a line. Neither did. The lane still books — FedEx International Connect Plus came back at $92.57 on the heavier box, and DHL Express Worldwide at $130.73 — UPS simply is not one of the options checkout compares on this destination right now.
Where a second UPS tier showed up
Two of the eight quotes returned a second UPS line beside the cheapest one. Both are worth a look, because neither ranked the way the service names suggest they would.
| Destination | Parcel | UPS service | Price | Delivery days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto, Canada | 40 × 30 × 30 cm, 5.5 kg | UPS Worldwide Economy DDU | $63.95 | 8 |
| London, United Kingdom | 40 × 30 × 30 cm, 5.5 kg | UPS Worldwide Expedited | $120.70 | — |
On the Canada box, Worldwide Economy DDU quoted above UPS Standard for the identical parcel ($63.95 against $38.17) — the international tier, not the ground-network tier, was the expensive option on this lane. On the UK box, UPS Worldwide Expedited quoted above Worldwide Economy DDU too ($120.70 against $97.74), which is closer to what the names imply: expedited service, higher price, faster network. The two lanes did not behave the same way, and neither result generalizes to a box of a different weight or class.
What the price includes, and what it does not
Duty and tax sit outside it
None of these prices include duty, VAT or GST at the destination. Checkout completes the customs declaration and shows who is billed for that before payment goes through.
A different box changes the winner
Change the weight, the dimensions or the destination postal code and the cheapest UPS line, or whether UPS quotes at all, can move — as it already did between the two weights on the Germany lane.
This page is price only. For the paperwork UPS requires, who gets billed for duty by default, and the August 2025 customs rule that closed the low-value exemption, see can UPS ship internationally, which covers that ground in full and is not repeated here.
Where these numbers come from
- SMKlog checkout (quote-api.smklog.com/quote) — live rate quotes for a 33 × 20 × 12 cm, 1.4 kg parcel and a 40 × 30 × 30 cm, 5.5 kg parcel, both shipped from Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 to Toronto (M5V 3A8), London (SW1A 1AA), Berlin (10115) and Sydney (2000). Captured 2026-09-01.
- UPS, International Shipping Services — confirms the nine published service names and that no price figure appears on the page. Checked 2026-09-01.
Rates change with fuel surcharges, peak-season pricing and account terms, and which carrier serves a given lane on this account can change too, as the Germany result above shows. Treat every figure here as what this specific parcel cost on this specific date, and requote before relying on a number.
Common questions
How much does UPS charge to ship internationally?
From $27.91 to $126.92 on the two parcels priced for this page, across Canada, the UK and Australia, quoted through SMKlog's checkout on 2026-09-01. UPS itself prints no chart to check that against; the number only exists after a weight and a destination are entered.
Does UPS publish an international rate chart?
No. The UPS international services page lists nine service names and zero prices, confirmed live on 2026-09-01. Every UPS figure on this page came from an actual quote, not a published table.
Does UPS ship to Germany on this account?
Not on either weight tested for this page. Both the 1.4 kg and the 5.5 kg parcel to Berlin came back with zero UPS lines on 2026-09-01, while FedEx and DHL Express both quoted the same route. Canada, the UK and Australia all returned a UPS price.
Is UPS Worldwide Economy DDU always the cheaper UPS tier?
Not on the Canada lane. UPS Standard beat UPS Worldwide Economy DDU on both parcels quoted to Toronto, $27.91 against no economy quote at all on the light box and $38.17 against $63.95 on the heavier one. Standard is UPS's ground-network product on that border, and it undercut the international-tier product both times.
Can I buy a UPS international label through SMKlog?
On three of the four lanes checkout sells, yes. Canada and the UK returned a UPS option on every parcel we quoted, Australia returned one on both test weights, and Germany returned none at either weight tried. Checkout always shows the cheapest carrier for the exact box entered, UPS or otherwise.