An Incoterms chart covering all 11 Incoterms 2020 rules by mode, carriage, insurance, and risk transfer point, plus how to pick the right one for a shipment.
Under DDP Incoterms 2020 the seller clears import and pays duty; under DAP the buyer does. Here is why that swap makes DDP risky for a non-resident seller.
CPT Incoterms have the seller pay carriage to a named destination while risk transfers to the buyer at origin. Here is exactly where that split happens.
FAS terms Incoterms and FOB both apply to sea freight only. See exactly where risk transfers under each, and why they differ from CPT and CIF.
DAP Incoterms shift risk to the buyer at the named destination but leave import clearance and duty to the buyer too. A licensed broker explains what that means.
The clearest message from the 2026 Trade and Cargo Security Summit was that customs compliance is becoming much bigger than tariffs and entry processing. CBP
