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GENERAL TRANSPORT - CONTINUED
DAP - Delivered at Place (named place of destination):
Can be used for any mode, or where there is more than one transport mode. The seller is responsible for arranging carriage and for delivering the goods, ready, for unloading from the arriving conveyance, at the named place. Duties are not paid by the seller under this term (an important difference from Delivered at Terminal DAT, where the buyer is responsible for unloading).
DDP - Delivered Duty Paid (named place of destination):
Seller is responsible for delivering the goods to the named place in the country of the buyer, and pays all costs in bringing the goods to the destination including import duties and taxes. The seller is not responsible for unloading. This term is often used in place of the non-Incoterm "Free in Store (FIS)". This term places the maximum obligations on the seller and minimum obligations on the buyer. With delivery at the named place of destination all risks and responsibilities are transferred to the buyer and it is considered that the seller has completed their obligations.
SEA AND WATERWAY TRANSPORT
To determine if a location qualifies for these four rules, please refer to "United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations (UN/LOCODE).
The four rules defined by Incoterms 2010 for international trade where transportation is entirely conduced by water are as per the below. It is important to note that these terms are generally not suitable for shipping in shipment containers; the point at which risk and responsibility for the goods passes is when the goods are loaded on board the ship, and if the goods are sealed into a shipping container it is impossible to verify the condition of the goods at this point.
FAS - Free Alongside Ship (named port of shipment):
The seller delivers when the goods are placed alongside the buyer's vessel at the named port of shipment. This means that the buyer has to bear all costs and risks of loss of or damage to the goods from that moment. The FAS term requires the seller to clear the goods for export, which is a reversal from previous Incoterms versions that required the buyer to arrange for export clearance. However, if the parties wish the buyer to clear the goods for export, this should be made clear by adding explicit wording to this effect in the contract of sale. This term can be used only for sea or inland waterway transport.
FOB - Free on Board (named port of shipment):
The seller must advance government tax in the country of origin as of commitment to load the goods on board a vessel designated by the buyer. Cost and risk are divided when the goods are sea transport in containers. The seller must instruct the buyer the details of the vessel and the port where the goods are to be loaded, and there is no reference to, or provision for, the use of a carrier or forwarder. This term has been greatly misused over the last three decades ever since Incoterms 1980 explained that FCA should be used for container shipments.
It means the seller pays for transportation of goods to the port of shipment, loading cost. The buyer pays cost of marine freight transportation, insurance, unloading and transportation cost from the arrival port to destination. The passing of risk, occurs when the goods are in buyer account. The buyer arranges for the vessel and the seller has to load the goods the goods and the named vessel at the named port of shipment with the dates stipulated in the contract of sale as informed by the buyer.
CFR - Cost and Freight (named port of destination):
Seller must pay the costs and freight to bring the goods to the port of destination. However, risk is transferred to the buyer once the goods are loaded on the vessel. Insurance for the goods is NOT included, and ths term is formerly known as CNF (C&F, C+F or CF).
CIF - Cost, Insurance and Freight (named port of destination):
Exactly the same as CFR except that the seller must in addition procure and pay for the insurance..