Incoterms Free Carrier (FCA)
Incoterms Free Carrier (FCA)
Incoterms Free Carrier (FCA)
A free carrier (FCA) is a trade term requiring the seller to deliver goods to a named airport, terminal,
or other place where the carrier operates. Costs of transportation and risk of loss transfer to the
buyer after delivery to the carrier.
CIP stands for Carriage and Insurance Paid to (… named place of destination), which means that the
seller delivers the goods to the carrier nominated by him but the seller must, in addition, pay the
cost of carriage necessary to bring the goods to the named destination.
CPT stands for Carriage Paid to and is an international trade term which means that the seller
delivers the goods at their expense to a carrier or another person nominated by the seller.
Cost and freight (CFR)
Cost and freight is a legal term in international trade. In a contract specifying that a sale is CFR, the
seller is required to arrange for the carriage of goods by sea to a port of destination and provide the
buyer with the documents necessary to obtain them from the carrier.
Ex works
Ex works (EXW) is an international trade term that describes when a seller makes a product available
at a designated location, and the buyer of the product must cover the transport costs
This term means that the seller delivers when the goods are placed alongside the vessel at the
named port of shipment. The seller is required to clear the goods for export. The buyer has to bear
all costs & risks of loss or damage to the goods from that moment.
FOB-Free on Board- (named port of shipment) "Free on Board" means that the seller fulfils his
obligation to deliver when the goods have passed over the ship's rail 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
point.
DAT - Delivered at Terminal (... named terminal at port or place of destination) New Term - May be
used for all transport modes. Seller delivers when the goods, once unloaded from the arriving means
of transport, are placed at the disposal of the buyer at a named terminal at the named port or place
of destination.
Incoterms 2010 defines DAP as 'Delivered at Place' – the seller delivers when the goods are placed at
the disposal of the buyer on the arriving means of transport ready for unloading at the named place
of destination.
DDP Delivered Duty Paid. In Incoterms DDP the seller fulfils his obligation to deliver when the goods
have been available at the named place in the country of importation. The seller has to bear the risks
and costs including duties, taxes and other charges of delivering the goods thereto, cleared for
importation.