DDP vs Importer of Record: Who Gets Named, and Who Pays
A DDP price answers a commercial question. Your supplier takes responsibility for getting the goods to the agreed destination, clearing them for import and bearing the duties and import taxes that DDP allocates, and you see one number instead of five. What the price does not tell you is whose name goes in the importer […]
How to Compare DDP Quotes: 11 Things the Price Does Not Tell You
Two suppliers quote DDP into the same country, and you now have to compare DDP quotes that look like the same job. Same equipment, same destination, same week. One is meaningfully cheaper, and the obvious question is why. The short version. Two DDP quotes differ because sellers make different, unstated assumptions about what the price […]
DDP Customs Clearance Worldwide
DDP customs clearance worldwide is the most comprehensive commitment you can make to a buyer in international trade. Under Incoterms 2020, Delivered Duty Paid means the seller handles everything: export clearance at origin, international freight, import DDP customs clearance at destination, all duties, all taxes, and physical delivery to the named place. The buyer opens […]