All 11 delivery terms

CIPCarriage and Insurance Paid To(Cước và bảo hiểm trả tới)

Any mode of transportSeller must insure (Clauses A)

CIP (Carriage and Insurance Paid To) — CPT plus an insurance duty, for any mode of transport. Its most important difference from CIF: since Incoterms 2020 the seller must buy the HIGHEST cover (Clauses A), not minimum cover.

Cost, risk and clearance at a glance

Seller's worksExport port / gateImport port / gateBuyer's premisesCOSTRISKINSURANCEbought by the seller for the buyer — Clauses AExport clearance: sellerImport clearance: buyerSeller bearsBuyer bears

Delivery & risk transfer

As CPT: risk passes to the buyer on handover to the FIRST carrier; freight and insurance are paid by the seller through to the named destination.

Cost split

Seller: export clearance, through freight to the named destination, Clauses-A premium. Buyer: import clearance, duties and anything beyond the destination.

Insurance

The seller must provide Clauses A (all-risks) cover or equivalent, for at least 110% of the contract value, over the whole carriage. The parties may agree to LOWER it in the contract — the mirror image of CIF (low default, negotiate up).

Watch out for

  • Does the import country require locally-bought insurance? Then consider CPT with the buyer arranging domestic cover instead.
  • Same C-group trap: the seller pays to destination but the buyer's risk starts at the first carrier — loss claims go through the insurance policy.

CIP price → Vietnamese customs value

Importing into Vietnam

The invoice price already sits at the valuation point — customs value = invoice price.

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Exporting from Vietnam

  • International freight included in the price
  • International insurance included in the price
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Legal basis: Circular 39/2015/TT-BTC, amended by 60/2019/TT-BTC.

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