amazon aged inventory surcharge
Amazon Aged Inventory Surcharge: 2026 Rates by Day Range
Quick answer
The aged inventory surcharge is an extra monthly charge — on top of your regular storage fee — for FBA inventory that's been sitting for more than 180 days. Rates climb in tiers as inventory ages, from $0.50 per cubic foot at 181-210 days up to $7.90 per cubic foot (or $0.35 per unit, whichever is greater) past 456 days. It's assessed from a snapshot taken on the 15th of each month and charged between the 18th and 22nd.
2026 rate tiers
Effective January 16, 2026, and billed per cubic foot of average daily volume (apparel, footwear, luggage, jewelry, and watches are excluded from this surcharge):
| Days in storage | Rate per cubic foot |
|---|---|
| 181-210 | $0.50 |
| 211-240 | $1.00 |
| 241-270 | $1.50 |
| 271-300 | $5.45 |
| 301-330 | $5.70 |
| 331-365 | $5.90 |
| 366-455 | $6.90 |
| 456+ | $7.90 (or $0.35 per unit, whichever is greater) |
This is charged in addition to your regular monthly storage fee, not instead of it.
How the charge is calculated and billed
Amazon takes an inventory snapshot on the 15th of each month and assesses the surcharge based on how long each unit has been in an Amazon warehouse. The actual charge hits your account between the 18th and 22nd of that month. Each SKU's charge equals its per-unit volume multiplied by the rate for whichever age tier it falls into.
You can pull the full breakdown — snapshot date, SKU, quantity charged, per-unit volume, amount charged, and age tier — from the Aged Inventory Surcharge Report under Fulfillment reports in Seller Central, or check a running estimate on the Inventory Dashboard under "Estimated Aged Inventory Surcharge."
Why you might get charged even while a SKU is selling
Amazon assesses this surcharge against your oldest inventory batch on the books, not necessarily the specific units that actually ship to customers. So it's possible to see steady sales on a SKU while your oldest recorded batch of that same SKU keeps aging in the background and accumulating surcharge charges — the system doesn't guarantee first-in-first-out fulfillment even though the fee is calculated as if it does.
Deadline to avoid being charged for the current cycle
If you submit a removal or disposal order before 11:59 PM Pacific Time on the 14th of the month, that batch is excluded from that month's surcharge calculation — even if the physical units haven't left the warehouse yet, since what matters is that the order was submitted before the cutoff.
Automating removal before the surcharge hits
You can set up automated removal in Seller Central under Settings → Fulfillment by Amazon → Automated fulfillable inventory settings → Edit, choosing either Return (ship back to you, requires an address) or Dispose. Amazon will trigger this automatically once inventory meets either condition: stored for more than 365 days, or no sales for 6+ consecutive months while stored for more than 180 days.
Ways to reduce it
- Run an Amazon Outlet promotion at a discount of at least 20% to push sell-through before a batch crosses into a higher tier.
- Use the FBA Inventory tool to flag ASINs approaching the 181-day threshold before the surcharge starts.
- Submit a removal or disposal order ahead of the monthly cutoff date rather than waiting for the charge to hit.