Incoterms 2020
DPU: Delivered at Place Unloaded
Carry the goods to the named place and unload them. The seller does not clear import or pay duties. Import clearance and duties.
DPU at a glance
- Applies to
- Any mode, including multimodal
- Risk transfers to buyer
- When the goods are unloaded at the named destination.
- Main carriage paid by
- Seller
- Insurance
- No party is obliged to insure. The seller carries risk through unloading and should insure.
- Export clearance
- Seller
- Import clearance and duties
- Buyer
- Seller handles
- Carry the goods to the named place and unload them. The seller does not clear import or pay duties.
- Buyer handles
- Import clearance and duties.
- Best for
- The only Incoterm where the seller unloads. Import clearance and duties still fall on the buyer under Incoterms 2020.
General guidance only, not legal advice. Your sales contract governs. Based on Incoterms 2020.
DPU questions
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