DDP – DELIVERED DUTY PAID (NAMED PLACE OF DESTINATION) | INCOTERMS 2010

DDP – Delivered Duty Paid (named place of destination)

The seller is responsible for arranging carriage and delivering the goods at the named place, cleared for import and all applicable taxes and duties paid (e.g. VAT, GST).

Risk transfers from seller to buyer when the goods are made available to the buyer, ready for unloading from the arriving conveyance.

This rule places the maximum obligation on the seller, and is the only rule that requires the seller to take responsibility for import clearance and payment of taxes and/or import duty.

These last requirements can be highly problematical for the seller. In some countries, import clearance procedures are complex and bureaucratic, and so best left to the buyer who has local knowledge.

Some taxes such as VAT are only payable by a locally-registered business entity, so there may be no mechanism for the seller to make payment.

Transportation – Can be used for any transport mode, or where there is more than one transport mode.