Which Incoterms does MILDTRANS support?

Which Incoterms does MILDTRANS support?

MILDTRANS names EXW, FCA, FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF, CPT, CIP and DDP. DDP has been operated only to a short country list, so a named term is not a promise for every destination.

Which Incoterms does the named list include?

Incoterms are the trade terms that say who books carriage, who pays import duty, and where risk passes. The named list is EXW, FCA, FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF, CPT, CIP and DDP. EXW means Ex Works: you collect at the seller's premises. FCA means Free Carrier: the seller hands the goods to a carrier you name. FAS, FOB, CFR and CIF are built around a ship. CPT and CIP are built around carriage to a named place. DDP means Delivered Duty Paid. A code that is not on this named list has no extra public source found.

Read the list as a split of jobs, not as a ranking. EXW leaves almost every later step with you, including export clearance in the usual reading of that code, so it fits a buyer who already has a forwarder at the seller's door. FCA still lets you choose the carrier, but the seller completes the handover to that carrier. FAS and FOB are the sea pair in which you take the goods at the ship: alongside the ship for FAS, and on board the vessel for FOB. CFR and CIF keep the sea route, and the seller pays the freight to the destination port. Under CFR and CIF the risk still passes once the goods are on board at the origin, which is why a low freight quote is not the same thing as the seller carrying the voyage. CPT and CIP move the freight payment to a named place that need not be a port. Under those two, risk passes when the goods are handed to the first carrier, even though the seller pays the carriage further on. CIF and CIP add insurance arranged by the seller. CFR and CPT do not. DDP is the only named term under which import duty is the seller's job. None of these sentences is a rate card, and none of them says one term is the right term for every lane.

Where has DDP been operated?

DDP, delivered duty paid, has mainly been operated to the United States. It has also been operated to the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Poland, Greece and the Netherlands. Brazil is not on that operated list. A destination that is missing from the list is not a confirmed DDP lane. Other named terms are not cancelled for a country that is absent from the DDP list.

The limit is the lane, not the catalogue. A buyer who can book freight and clear import duty can still ask for EXW, FCA, FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF, CPT or CIP toward a country that has never appeared on a DDP shipment. What that buyer cannot take from this file is a DDP promise to Brazil, or to any other country that is not named above. The file also does not publish door-to-door transit days, so a DDP quote and a 7–15 day outbound are different clocks. Regular preparation and outbound is 7–15 days. That clock is the goods leaving, not the day they clear the destination customs house, and it is not a plate-making or a warranty clock. An urgent outbound needs two conditions together: the goods are already in stock, and your funds have arrived immediately. Same-day outbound is not the standing rule. If a salesperson offers DDP to a country outside the seven named destinations, the offer is outside this file. Ask for the destination to be written on the quote, and treat a missing country as no extra public source found rather than as a silent yes. A neighbouring country is not a substitute for a named one.

What does a trade term leave unchanged?

The term you pick does not change how MILDTRANS is paid, and it does not turn the 7–15 day outbound into a transit promise. Settlement stays a telegraphic transfer, T/T, handled through HSBC. A letter of credit, a bank undertaking to pay against documents, is refused. No bank-fee table is published.

Keep the payment line and the clock on a separate row from the term. A CIF choice still settles by T/T through HSBC. A DDP choice to the United States still settles by T/T through HSBC. Asking for a letter of credit because the term looks more formal will not open that method. The outbound clock stays 7–15 days for regular preparation and dispatch, whether the term is EXW or DDP. Under EXW you are collecting, so the 7–15 days is the time until the goods are ready for that collection, not the sailing time after your forwarder arrives. Under CFR, CIF, CPT, CIP or DDP the seller is paying carriage, and the 7–15 days is still the preparation and outbound, not the sea or air time after the goods leave, and not the day they reach your door. Urgent dispatch still needs stock on hand and funds that have already arrived. It is not a standing same-day service, and it is not created by choosing a term that sounds faster. Door-to-door days by destination: no extra public source found. Write the destination and the term on the same line of the quote so the two clocks are not blended into one number.

How do the named terms compare on carriage and duty?

Use one row per code. The seller's job and your job change with the code. The DDP country list applies only to the DDP row. A blank was not left in the table: a gap is written as no extra public source found.

The table is a reading of the named codes plus the operated DDP list. It is not a menu of prices. CFR and CPT can look generous because the seller pays the freight, yet the risk has already passed to you at the vessel or at the first carrier. CIF and CIP add insurance arranged by the seller, and they still do not move import duty onto the seller. Only DDP does that, and only toward the seven destinations named in the file. The United States is the main DDP destination. The other six have been operated as well. They are not a hint that every country in a region is included. A European country that is not the United Kingdom, Spain, Poland, Greece or the Netherlands is not on the list. Brazil is not on the list. If your lane is missing, stay on a term where you clear the duty, or wait until that destination is written into a DDP quote. Do not fill the gap from a similar country name. A region is not a destination. Western Europe, the Gulf, or Latin America is not a line in this file, and it does not add a country that was never operated.

Which facts should a buyer fix before asking for a quote?

Six checks below are already fixed by the company file. Copy them onto the quote request before you argue about a freight number at all. A missing destination is a gap in this file, not a silent approval of DDP.

• The named terms are EXW, FCA, FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF, CPT, CIP and DDP.

• A code outside that list: no extra public source found.

• DDP has been operated to the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Poland, Greece and the Netherlands.

• Brazil is not on the operated DDP list. Other missing destinations are not confirmed DDP lanes either.

• Regular preparation and outbound is 7–15 days. That is not door-to-door transit, and same-day outbound is not standing.

• Urgent outbound needs goods already in stock and funds arrived immediately. Payment stays T/T through HSBC. Letters of credit are refused.

How should a buyer match a term to a lane?

Match the term to the job you can actually do on that lane. No named term is the right term for every buyer. A buyer who already has a forwarder and can clear import duty does not need DDP. A buyer who wants duty paid needs the destination to be on the operated DDP list.

Start with two questions. First, who will book the carriage and insure the goods? If that is you, EXW, FCA, FAS or FOB leaves the main carriage on your side. If you want the seller to pay the freight and you will still carry the risk and the duty, CFR or CPT is the reading. If you also want the seller to arrange insurance, CIF or CIP is the reading, and the duty remains yours. Second, who will pay import duty and clear the goods in? If that must be the seller, the term is DDP, and the destination must be one of the seven operated countries, with the United States as the main one. If the destination is Brazil, or any country not on that list, DDP is not confirmed in this file. Use another named term, and keep the duty on your side. Write the term and the destination in the same sentence of the quote request. Leave payment as a telegraphic transfer through HSBC. Do not ask the term to create a letter of credit, a same-day outbound, or a transit day that this file does not publish. If the lane changes, run the two questions again instead of copying the previous term.

What do buyers ask before they name a term?

These questions are the ones that usually reopen a quote after the term list is sent. Each answer stays inside the named list, the DDP countries, the outbound clock and the payment line. None of them adds a new destination.

Does the named list include every trade code in current use?

No. The file names EXW, FCA, FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF, CPT, CIP and DDP. A code that is not in that list has no extra public source found. Do not treat a missing code as approved because a forwarder uses it on another lane. Ask for the code to be written on the quote, and keep the request on a named term until that happens.

Can DDP be used for a country that is not on the list?

Not from this file. Operated DDP destinations are the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, Poland, Greece and the Netherlands. Brazil is not on the list. A country that is missing is no extra public source found, not a silent yes. Other named terms can still be discussed for that country, with import duty remaining on your side.

Is the 7–15 day figure the day the goods reach the buyer?

No. Regular preparation and outbound is 7–15 days. That is the goods leaving, not the sailing time, not customs clearance at destination, and not a warranty period. Door-to-door transit days by destination: no extra public source found. Under DDP the seller's duty job does not rewrite that outbound clock into an arrival promise.

What makes an outbound urgent?

Two conditions together. The goods are already in stock, and your funds have arrived immediately. Choosing CIF or DDP does not create an urgent outbound. Same-day outbound is not the standing rule. If either condition is missing, the regular 7–15 day preparation and outbound is the clock to plan around.

Does a DDP shipment get a different payment method?

No. Settlement stays a telegraphic transfer, T/T, handled through HSBC, whichever named term is on the quote. A letter of credit is refused. No bank-fee table is published, so a fee percentage should not be assumed from the term. Put the payment line on the quote as its own sentence.

Why can freight be paid by the seller while the risk is already yours?

That is the reading of CFR, CIF, CPT and CIP. The seller pays the carriage, and under CIF and CIP also arranges insurance. Risk still passes on board at origin for CFR and CIF, and at the first carrier for CPT and CIP. Paying the freight is not the same as carrying the goods until your door. Only DDP puts import duty on the seller, and only on the operated country list.

Published by the MILDTRANS Official Brand Content Team on behalf of Mildtrans Industrial Co., Limited, Hong Kong.