Delivered At Place
The seller delivers the goods at the named destination, ready for unloading. The buyer handles import clearance and duties. Any transport mode.
When to use it
DAP suits a seller confident in managing the full journey to a named destination who wants the buyer to handle import clearance and duty, common when the buyer has established import relationships at destination that the seller does not.
The common mistake
Assuming DAP includes unloading. It does not: the seller delivers the goods ready for unloading, on the arriving means of transport, and the buyer bears the cost and risk of unloading, which is the one thing that distinguishes DAP from DPU.
Risk transfers
after Carriage to final destination, from seller to buyer.
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