You can specify whether a local charge is variable or fixed, depending on the use case. Depending on if it’s variable or fixed, you will have to upload the data in different ways.

Find out in this article how to choose whether the local charge is variable or fixed.

During the process of creating a local charge, you’ll find a section with a dropdown called Type of price. Within this drop-down, you have 6 options as to the type of price you can have. These consist of Manual - Fixed price and those that are not fixed prices, or variables.

Use this option when uploading a charge considered either a flat fee per shipment (AWB, etc.) or a fixed per kilo rate. This option is selected by default.

If you select Fixed price make sure to enter your rate or specify if the rate is on request (OR). If there is a Base, Minimum and Maximum rate, enter it in the boxes. Select the calculation basis, link it to any other charges if necessary, and then click Save.

Important: Do not link the same name from the dropdown as the Service. If you do this, the system will not read the local charge correctly. Leave as Select one if you don’t want to add the charge as a percentage or under another local charge

For the other Type of price, if a variable price has been selected, you will need to import an XLS file depending on the calculation basis. These types of prices are by price breakdown, price per kilometre, price per mile, price per zip code, or price per zone.

Selecting any of the XLS from the dropdown, you’ll be prompted with an example of the Excel file for the type of price chosen. When creating your Excel file with the local charge data, you should include the headers shown in the example so that the data can be read correctly when uploading.

You can then determine how the weight breaks should be divided. Examples can include per shipment, per weights, per document, etc. You can also create a different calculation basis if needing a formula more specific than one of the pre-established options available in the system.