DDP — Delivered Duty Paid
The seller delivers to the named destination, cleared for import with duties and taxes paid, ready for unloading. Maximum obligation for the seller.
- Transport
- Any mode
- Main carriage
- The seller books and pays all carriage, import clearance, duties and taxes.
- Risk passes
- When the goods arrive at the named destination, cleared for import and ready for unloading.
- Insurance
- Not required
Who pays and who carries the risk
- Export clearanceSeller
- Loading at sellerSeller
- Transport to terminalSeller
- Origin terminal & loadingSeller
- Main carriageSeller
- Destination terminal & unloadingSeller
- Import clearance & dutiesSeller
- Delivery to buyerSeller
- Risk passes to buyerUnloading at buyerBuyer
Seller
- Clear the goods for export, transit and import
- Pay import duties and taxes (including VAT, unless agreed otherwise)
- Contract and pay carriage to the named destination
- Bear all risk until arrival
Buyer
- Unload the goods
- Help the seller with information needed for import clearance
When to use it
When the buyer wants a landed price and the seller is able to act as importer in the buyer's country.
Watch out
The seller becomes the importer of record. In the EU a non-resident seller may need a VAT registration and often cannot recover import VAT. Check before quoting DDP — DAP is often the safer choice.
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Incoterms® is a registered trademark of the International Chamber of Commerce. This guide is Cargo 4S's own summary for everyday use; for the complete rules see the official ICC Incoterms® 2020 publication.
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