Amazon FBA Fees in 2027: The 3.5% Surcharge Stays

Three dates matter: the surcharge already in effect, the fulfillment rate change on January 15, and the storage changes on February 1.

Amazon is replacing the small bulky and large bulky tiers with four new tiers, and the extra-large tiers with six oversize tiers. Amazon says smaller and lighter products will pay less, and larger and heavier ones will pay more. Amazon is also removing the Overmax handling fee and adding Flat product and Overhang handling fees.

Amazon is keeping the surcharge at 3.5%. It says fuel and line-haul trucking costs have stayed elevated since April 2026 and that it will keep reviewing the surcharge as conditions change. The announcement does not call the surcharge permanent, and it does not say when it could end. Until Amazon says otherwise, include it in every 2027 cost model.

The surcharge applies to FBA fulfillment fees. Our earlier article on the April surcharge covers how it began and which fees it applies to. Amazon is also extending the same surcharge to PanAmericas fees on January 15, 2027, and to Amazon Warehousing and Distribution transportation fees on February 1, 2027.

A fixed percentage on a higher fee adds more dollars. Amazon’s rate tables list fulfillment fees without the surcharge, so the amount in the table is not the amount you pay.

Amazon says FBA fulfillment fees will rise by $0.19 per unit sold on average, about 0.8% of the average item’s selling price. The 0.8% compares the increase with the average selling price. It is not a 0.8% increase in each fulfillment fee. Amazon says the change varies by product, size, and price, and that some fees will fall.

Amazon’s averages for each standard-size group show how far the change can differ:

Low-Price FBA rates also become narrower. Products priced under $10 in five fee categories, including Automotive and Powersports and Computers, will no longer receive Low-Price FBA rates and will be charged the same rates as products priced from $10 to $50.

Amazon’s rate card compares non-peak rates for January 15 to October 14, 2026 with non-peak rates for January 15 to October 14, 2027. Both columns exclude the surcharge. These two examples come from the non-apparel card for products priced $10 to $50:

With the surcharge added, the small standard-size example goes from about $3.44 to about $3.88 per unit, an increase of about $0.44. The large standard-size example goes from about $3.86 to about $3.92. These totals multiply Amazon’s listed fee by 1.035 and round to the cent.

Compared with holiday peak fees, January looks different. Peak fees run through January 14, 2027. For the same two examples, the peak fees are $3.51 and $3.97 before the surcharge. With the surcharge, the small standard-size example rises from about $3.63 to about $3.88 on January 15, while the large standard-size example falls from about $4.11 to about $3.92. Compare non-peak with non-peak when you decide whether your costs went up.

On February 1, 2027, Amazon replaces the monthly storage fee and the aged inventory surcharge with one unified monthly storage fee based on inventory age, and it ends the storage utilization surcharge. Amazon says inventory that turns in under six months will see flat or lower fees, and aged inventory will see higher fees.

Amazon calculates the unified fee from the daily average cubic feet of inventory at each age tier. It assesses the fee for each FNSKU, which is the Amazon fulfillment ID for a product, at the end of each month and charges it between the 7th and 15th of the following month. The aged inventory surcharge and monthly storage fee in our guide to 2026 long-term storage fees stay in force through January 31, 2027.

The table compares today’s combined rate with the new rate for standard-size, non-dangerous-goods inventory in January through September. Today’s rate is the $0.78 monthly storage fee plus the aged inventory surcharge, which is how Amazon compares them. The table assumes you do not owe the storage utilization surcharge. Rates are per cubic foot per month.

The two oldest age bands use whichever charge is greater. At 366 to 455 days, that is $7.68 per cubic foot or $0.78 per cubic foot plus $0.30 per unit. At 456 days or more, it is $8.68 per cubic foot or $0.78 per cubic foot plus $0.35 per unit. From October through December, the unified fee adds $1.62 per cubic foot to these standard-size rates.

Removing the aged inventory surcharge does not make aged stock cheaper. Amazon says inventory aged 181 to 330 days will cost more, and the table shows the 331-day and older rates matching today’s combined charge. Clothing, shoes, bags, jewelry, and watches were exempt from the aged inventory surcharge at 181 to 270 days. From February 1, 2027, standard-size products in these categories will pay $1.78 per cubic foot in those tiers, up from $0.78.

Amazon’s own example shows how the age tiers add up. In July, 80 units in the 0 to 180 day tier and 20 units in the 181 to 270 day tier, each taking 0.05 cubic foot, cost $3.12 plus $2.78, or $5.90. If all 100 units were instead 181 to 210 days old, they would take 5 cubic feet, and the monthly fee would rise from $6.40 today to $13.90.

The storage utilization surcharge also ends on February 1. A seller with a storage utilization ratio of 36 to 44 weeks pays $1.94 per cubic foot for standard-size storage in January through September today, on inventory older than 30 days. Under the new fee, inventory aged 0 to 180 days costs $0.78.

On February 1, 2027, Amazon will charge the low-inventory-level fee only when a product’s inventory is below 28 days of supply, based on actual shipments in the four weeks before and the four weeks after the assessment date. Today the fee uses trailing 30-day and 90-day sales.

Amazon says the second four-week window confirms whether low inventory reflects ongoing demand, and that the change should reduce charges triggered by unexpected demand spikes or end-of-season and end-of-life products. Because Amazon needs the later four weeks, it charges the fee four weeks after the inventory check.

The 2027 rate table lists the same per-unit amounts as the 2026 table for small and large standard-size products, so the main change is in when the fee applies. Amazon also says the fee will extend to all oversize tiers and appear as a standalone line in Payments. The fee has not been removed, and products that need replenishment can still be charged.

Amazon points sellers to the new Fee Change Comparison dashboard in Profit Analytics and to the Revenue Calculator. Use them in this order:

1. Open the Fee Change Comparison dashboard to see the effect Amazon calculates for your account and each product.
2. Model your highest-volume products in the Revenue Calculator, and compare the result with the FBA calculator apps you use for sourcing.
3. Confirm each product’s size tier, shipping weight, and price band, because the new tiers and price bands decide which rate applies.
4. Check whether each estimate includes the 3.5% surcharge. Amazon’s published rates do not.
5. Find units that will pass 180 days of age after February 1. Amazon says to sell through inventory before it reaches 180 days, or use a liquidation or removal order.
6. Reassess thin-margin products before you change prices or fulfillment methods. If a product no longer works on FBA, our comparison of FBA, FBM, and Seller Fulfilled Prime covers the cost and fit trade-offs.

If you auto-replenish at least 70% of an FNSKU from Amazon Warehousing and Distribution to FBA, Amazon applies the lowest age tier to that FNSKU regardless of its age.