Question: If a company ships using DDP terms, arrangements can be made in manycountries for the foreign exporter to be the official importer in thedestination country [US: FIOR / CA: NRI, etc]. An entry is submitted inthe shipper’s name and all charges [fees, duty, taxes] are billed backto the shipper. If arrangements are made for […]
Question: It is my understanding of Incoterms is that it defines the transfer of risk and liability of products, not who acts as the importer of record. I have a situation where our customer placed a purchase order from my sister company in Germany. Terms of sale were DDP. As they caused the importation to […]
Original Question: Need some clarification from the membership. Under Incoterms 2000 Carriage Paid To (named place) there is a clause that states “If subsequent carriers are used for the carriage to the agreed destination, the risk passes when the goods have been delivered to the first carrier”. The question is if I contract with an […]
Question:Please help me make some sense out of the following transaction (so far I am failing): The deal was made so that a related foreign supplier sells goods to a US buyer FOB foreign port. The US buyer re-sells these goods to their US customer FOB foreign port. The US customer is responsible for collect […]
I have been asked to look into the possibility of shipping DDP excluding VATto Germany. Can anyone help me with any non-resident importer requirementsthat I should be concerned with?
Buyer purchased machinery (2 pieces) from a 3rd party intermediary on DDP terms * Buyer’s door is on US West Coast * Cargo was imported from Italy to an Intermediary’s facility for inspection. Intermediary (Seller) is located in US East Coast. * The […]
Question:Our Corporate overseas mandated that all Inter-company sales be made under CPT terms. This is regardless of destination country or experience of the origin subsidiary company. My suggestion had been to align the incoterm of the inter-company sale to match the Customs valuation base of the country where the goods would be entered. For example […]
Need some clarification from the membership. Under Incoterms 2000 Carriage Paid To (named place) there is a clause that states “If subsequent carriers are used for the carriage to the agreed destination, the risk passes when the goods have been delivered to the first carrier”. The question is if I contract with an ocean carrier […]
Question:Need some clarification from the membership. Under Incoterms 2000 Carriage Paid To (named place) there is a clause that states “If subsequent carriers are used for the carriage to the agreed destination, the risk passes when the goods have been delivered to the first carrier”. The question is if I contract with an ocean carrier […]
Question: I need to train our International Sales Department on Incoterms 2000 and howthey apply to sales contracts. Does anyone in the group have a clearpresentation they could share? I would very much appreciate it.
Question: I have never been a supporter of the DAF term for shipments to Mexico but it seems to be the choice of Mexico importers. If you deliver on a truck to the Laredo border (US side) and then your foreign buyer or their agent takes control of the goods how do you know that […]
Question:Help! One of our large customers has asked that my company pay the freight costs for shipments all the way to their facility near Monterrey, Mexico. If we were selling to their company in Mexico, I would not have as much of a problem with this but right now, I don’t feel comfortable. Our sale […]
