Incoterms 2020
CPT: Carriage Paid To
Arrange and pay carriage to the named destination, by any mode or multimodal. Insurance in transit, import clearance, unloading, and delivery.
CPT at a glance
- Applies to
- Any mode, including multimodal
- Risk transfers to buyer
- When the goods are handed to the first carrier. Risk passes early even though the seller pays carriage to destination.
- Main carriage paid by
- Seller
- Insurance
- No party is obliged to insure. The buyer bears the in-transit risk and should insure.
- Export clearance
- Seller
- Import clearance and duties
- Buyer
- Seller handles
- Arrange and pay carriage to the named destination, by any mode or multimodal.
- Buyer handles
- Insurance in transit, import clearance, unloading, and delivery.
- Best for
- Air, road, rail, or multimodal shipments where the seller books freight but the buyer insures.
General guidance only, not legal advice. Your sales contract governs. Based on Incoterms 2020.
CPT questions
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