| GUIDANCE ON THE OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER & BUYER | Incoterm Abbreviation (See Below) | EXW | FCA | FAS | FOB | CFR | CIF | CPT | CIP | DAF | DES | DEQ | DDU | DDP |
| Check suitability of each term before using |
Any mode of transport
including multi-modal
|
Sea and inland waterway only |
Any mode of transport including multi-modal |
Sea and inland waterway only |
Any mode of transport
including multi-modal
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| Seller delivers to... ...named place/port |
BUYER COLLECT
...Seller's Premises |
EXPORT CLEARED
...Buyer Carrier |
...Port of shipment |
...Port of shipment |
...Port of destination |
INSURED
...Port of destination |
...Destination point |
INSURED
...Destination point |
...Frontier |
...Port of destination |
DUTY PAID
...Port of destination |
...Destination point |
DUTY PAID
...Destination point |
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| Export Licence, official authorisations and export customs formalities |
Buyer |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
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| Import Licence, official authorisations and import customs formalities |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Seller |
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| Contract of Carriage |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Buyer |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
Seller |
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| Contract of Insurance (where neither party obligated, Contract of sale should specify. |
Either |
Either |
Either |
Either |
Either |
Seller |
Either |
Seller |
Either |
Either |
Either |
Either |
Either |
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| Incoterm Abbreviation Key | ||||||||||||||
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Departure
|
EX Works (...named place) | |||||||||||||
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Main carriage unpaid |
Free Carrier (...named place) | |||||||||||||
| Free Alongside Ship (...named port of shipment) | ||||||||||||||
| Free On Board (...named port of shipment) | ||||||||||||||
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Main carriage paid |
Cost and Freight (...named port of destination) | |||||||||||||
| Cost Insurance and Freight (...named port of destination) | ||||||||||||||
| Carriage Paid To (...named place of destination) | ||||||||||||||
| Carriage and Insurance Paid to (...named place of destination) | ||||||||||||||
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Arrival |
Delivered At Frontier (...named place) | |||||||||||||
| Delivered Ex Ship (...named port of destination) | ||||||||||||||
| Delivered Ex Quay (Duty Paid) (...named port of destination) | ||||||||||||||
| Delivered Duty Unpaid (...named place of destination) | ||||||||||||||
| Delivered Duty Paid (...named place of destination) | ||||||||||||||