INCOTERMS

Questions and answers about INCOTERMS

  • DDP TERMS FOR BUYER-addt’l answers

      Scenario 1) US buyer has contracted DDP terms with foreign supplier   2) Foreign supplier arranges and handles the entire shipment from foreign location to US buyers designated facility   3) Foreign supplier is the IOR (foreign supplier is a registered non resident importer) for the shipment/entry   4) Freight is already included in […]

  • DDP TERMS FOR BUYER

      Question:   Scenario 1) US buyer has contracted DDP terms with foreign supplier   2) Foreign supplier arranges and handles the entire shipment from foreign location to US buyers designated facility   3) Foreign supplier is the IOR (foreign supplier is a registered non resident importer) for the shipment/entry   4) Freight is already […]

  • INCOTERMS FOR INTL OR DOMESTIC OR BOTH

      Question:   1)    I am interested in  how your companies are using INCOTERMS. By this, I mean are you using them only for international transactions or any you using them for both international AND domestic transactions?   2) Where do you see American business  going in the future, with respect to using INCOTERMS domestically? […]

  • PORT UNLOADING UNDER CFR

      Question:   Simple (?) question. Purchase order and commercial invoice for shipment from Asia to US (to port of Houston) utilize INCOTERMS of “CFR Houston” – no additional statements or conspicuous clarifications.   Not crazy about the terms, but despite being a global-scale importer, we often tend to let our suppliers decide our freight […]

  • PORT UNLOADING UNDER CFR

      Question:   Simple (?) question. Purchase order and commercial invoice for shipment from Asia to US (to port of Houston) utilize INCOTERMS of “CFR Houston” – no additional statements or conspicuous clarifications.   Not crazy about the terms, but despite being a global-scale importer, we often tend to let our suppliers decide our freight […]

  • DDP AND IOR

      Question:   For a US import shipment under DDP terms, only the foreign shipper can be the importer of record (IOR) and no other party can be the IOR- is this correct? If yes, is this based on DDP rules?  If another party can be the IOR, what other incoterm can we base this […]

  • DDP AND IOR

      Question:   For a US import shipment under DDP terms, only the foreign shipper can be the importer of record (IOR) and no other party can be the IOR- is this correct? If yes, is this based on DDP rules?  If another party can be the IOR, what other incoterm can we base this […]

  • INCOTERMS AND PAYMENTS TERMS

      QUESTION:   Does anyone have a chart of payment terms that are acceptable under various Incoterms?  There is one on page 140 of Incoterms for Americans book but I do not understand what ‘W/O’ means (can anyone explain this) – and this list is not exhaustive. We are struggling with a customer in Brazil […]

  • INCO TERMS AND THE EU

      QUESTION:   We are interested in learning how, and to what extent, companies are now using Incoterms for domestic transactions, or for shipments between countries where there are no import/export requirements (like between EU countries).  What policies have you implemented?  What problems have you encountered?

  • INCO TERMS AND THE EU

      QUESTION:   We are interested in learning how, and to what extent, companies are now using Incoterms for domestic transactions, or for shipments between countries where there are no import/export requirements (like between EU countries).  What policies have you implemented?  What problems have you encountered?

  • INCO TERMS AND THE EU

      QUESTION:   We are interested in learning how, and to what extent, companies are now using Incoterms for domestic transactions, or for shipments between countries where there are no import/export requirements (like between EU countries).  What policies have you implemented?  What problems have you encountered?