Incoterms 2020
FCA: Free Carrier
Deliver the goods, cleared for export, to the buyer’s carrier at the named place. Main carriage, insurance, import clearance, and onward delivery.
FCA at a glance
- Applies to
- Any mode, including multimodal
- Risk transfers to buyer
- When the goods are handed to the carrier nominated by the buyer, or loaded onto the buyer's vehicle if delivery is at the seller's premises.
- Main carriage paid by
- Buyer
- Insurance
- No party is obliged to insure. The buyer should arrange cover for the main carriage.
- Export clearance
- Seller
- Import clearance and duties
- Buyer
- Seller handles
- Deliver the goods, cleared for export, to the buyer’s carrier at the named place.
- Buyer handles
- Main carriage, insurance, import clearance, and onward delivery.
- Best for
- Buyers who arrange their own freight forwarder. The modern replacement for FOB when goods are containerized.
General guidance only, not legal advice. Your sales contract governs. Based on Incoterms 2020.
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