Delivered at Place Unloaded
The seller delivers and unloads the goods at the named place. The buyer clears import. The only rule that requires the seller to unload.
When to use it
DPU is the only Incoterm that requires the seller to unload the goods at the named destination, useful when the buyer has no unloading capability there or when the seller controls the destination facility. It replaced DAT (Delivered at Terminal) in the 2020 revision and, unlike DAT, is not restricted to a terminal.
The common mistake
Confusing DPU with the older DAT and assuming it must be a terminal. Since 2020, DPU can be any named place, terminal or not, as long as the seller is actually able to unload there; naming a place the seller cannot unload at breaks the rule.
Risk transfers
after Unloading at destination, from seller to buyer.
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Incoterms is a registered trademark of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). This is an educational summary, not the official rules. For the binding text, see the ICC Incoterms 2020 publication.
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