CMT Cost Calculator

A cmt cost calculator garment splitting cut, make, trim, and overhead per piece. Use the free CMT Cost Calculator below — enter your values and get instant results, right in your browser. CMT per piece = (cutting + making + trims) × (1 + overhead % ÷ 100). Order total = CMT per piece × quantity. Example: (25 + 120 + 45) × 1.15 = Rs 218.50/piece; 1,000 pieces = Rs 218,500. Fabric cost is quoted separately.

How to use the CMT Cost Calculator

Export buyers ask for CMT quotes — Cut, Make, Trim — and winning the order means costing every rupee of factory work accurately. This cmt cost calculator garment adds your cutting, stitching, and trim/finishing costs per piece, applies the factory overhead percentage, and totals any order quantity. It is the standard costing format for Faisalabad, Lahore, and Sialkot stitching units quoting to brands.

  1. Enter the cutting cost per piece (labour + marker + spreading share).
  2. Enter the making (stitching line) cost per piece.
  3. Enter trims and finishing per piece — threads, buttons, labels, pressing, packing.
  4. Enter the factory overhead percentage (rent, management, compliance — 12–20% typical).
  5. Enter the order quantity and click Calculate for per-piece CMT and the order total.

Formula

CMT per piece = (cutting + making + trims) × (1 + overhead % ÷ 100). Order total = CMT per piece × quantity. Example: (25 + 120 + 45) × 1.15 = Rs 218.50/piece; 1,000 pieces = Rs 218,500. Fabric cost is quoted separately.

Worked example

A polo shirt order: cutting Rs 25, stitching Rs 120, trims/finishing Rs 45 = Rs 190 subtotal. With 15% overhead: 190 × 1.15 = Rs 218.50 CMT per piece. For 5,000 pieces the factory needs Rs 1,092,500 in CMT billing — before a single meter of fabric, which the buyer supplies.

Frequently asked questions

Cut-Make-Trim: the factory's labour and overhead cost to convert buyer-supplied fabric into finished packed garments. It excludes fabric, which is the buyer's account — hence "CMT" quotes versus "FOB" quotes that include fabric.

Typically 12–20% on top of direct labour, covering rent, utilities, management, compliance, and maintenance. Larger compliant factories run higher; small stitching units lower.

Bigger orders spread cutting and overhead thinner, simpler designs cut stitching minutes, and better line balancing raises pieces per operator per day. Never cut corners on trims quality — buyer rejections cost far more.

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