DAP— Delivered At Place(Giao tại nơi đến)
DAP (Delivered At Place) is a D-group rule: the seller bears all risk and cost of bringing the goods to the named destination (which may be the buyer's warehouse), on the arriving vehicle and ready for unloading. The buyer unloads and clears the goods for import.
Cost, risk and clearance at a glance
Delivery & risk transfer
Delivery takes place when the arriving vehicle reaches the destination and the goods are at the buyer's disposal, not yet unloaded. Risk passes there, much later than under the C group: damage in transit is at the seller's risk.
Cost split
The seller pays for the whole journey to the destination, including export clearance but not import clearance. If the seller's carriage contract happens to include unloading, the seller cannot recover that cost unless agreed. The buyer bears unloading, import clearance and import duties.
Insurance
Neither party is obliged to insure. Whichever party bears the transit risk should consider buying cover for that leg.
Watch out for
- The buyer must clear the goods for import promptly. If they are held at the border because of the buyer's delay, the resulting risk and cost fall on the buyer.
- If the seller is to unload as well, use DPU; if the seller also bears import duties, the rule is DDP.
Converting a DAP price to Vietnamese customs value
Importing into Vietnam
- − Deductible: post-arrival costs included in the price
Exporting from Vietnam
- − International freight included in the price
- − International insurance included in the price
- − Costs beyond Vietnam included in the price
Legal basis: Circular 39/2015/TT-BTC, amended by 60/2019/TT-BTC.
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