Costs calculator

New US dollar scales apply from 1 June 2026

All Requests for Arbitration filed on or after 1 June 2026 will apply the 2026 scales for amounts in dispute calculated in US dollars. All Requests for Arbitration on or after 1 January 2017 but before 1 June 2026 will apply the 2017 scales for amounts in dispute calculated in US dollars.  All Requests for Arbitration received by the Secretariat and administered by the São Paulo office will apply the 2021 scales for amounts in dispute in BRL for requests received on or after 1 March 2021, and the 2025 scales for amounts in dispute in BRL for requests received on or after 1 January 2025.

The cost calculator enables parties to produce an estimate of the likely costs of an ICC Arbitration according to the Rules and the Schedule of Fees. When the Request for Arbitration is received by the Secretariat on or after 1 June 2026, the arbitration will be submitted to 2026 scales.

The cost calculator will generate the amounts for the ICC administrative expenses and for the arbitrators’ fees. It does not generate an estimate of the arbitrators’ expenses (i.e., disbursements).

Please input the amount in dispute in US dollars, or in BRL (Brazilian Reais) for cases to be administered by the São Paulo office, using numerals only. Please avoid the use of spaces, commas or decimal points. Payments in BRL shall only be made by the parties in cases administered by the Secretariat’s office in Brazil.

Step 1: Choose the procedure: ordinary, expedited (EPP) or highly expedited (HEAP).
Step 2: Indicate the number of arbitrator(s).
Step 3: Proceed with the calculation.

The result provides an estimation of the advance on costs that may be fixed by the Secretary General or the Court, as the case may be. Due to the rounding of figures, the estimate may vary slightly from the amount resulting from the application of the scales published in the Rules and Schedule of Fees.

The total advance on costs is, for illustrative reasons only, based on the average arbitrator’s fees. However, the Secretary General or the Court, as the case may be, is free to, and regularly does, fix arbitrator’s fees an amount higher or lower than the average.

The estimation has no legal implications and should not be considered as necessarily reflecting the amount the Secretary General or the Court, as the case may be, will fix in any given case.