INCOTERMS 2020 · DAP · OPERATIONAL VALUE SHEET
DAP: map the destination price back to the UK border.
DAP can put substantial delivery cost into the seller’s price while leaving UK import clearance and unloading with the buyer. The named place and cost breakdown keep the customs value trail legible.
Use for any mode when the seller delivers at the named destination ready for unloading and the buyer handles import clearance.
Risk moves at the named destination when the goods are placed at the buyer’s disposal ready for unloading.
Delivery, cost and risk handoff.
- 01Export preparationSeller
- 02Main carriageSeller
- 03UK import clearanceBuyer
- 04Named place · ready to unloadSeller → Buyer risk
Seller side
- Export clearance
- Main carriage
- Delivery to the named place ready for unloading
Buyer side
- UK import clearance and duty
- Unloading
- Instructions and evidence for the importer role
Four checks before the number moves.
Keep the named place, transport evidence and commercial invoice tied to the same consignment.
- 01Obtain a cost split for transport before and after the UK border.
- 02Check whether duty, import VAT or unloading appears in the seller’s price.
- 03Name the delivery place precisely; city-only wording can hide the actual handoff.
- 04Retain the carriage invoice and delivery evidence beside the commercial invoice.
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