DAP— Delivered At Place(Giao tại nơi đến)
DAP (Delivered At Place) — a D-group rule: the seller bears all risk and cost of bringing the goods to the NAMED destination (which can be the buyer's warehouse), ready for unloading on the arriving vehicle. The buyer unloads and clears import.
Cost, risk and clearance at a glance
Delivery & risk transfer
Delivery happens when the arriving vehicle reaches the destination and the goods are at the buyer's disposal, NOT unloaded. Risk passes there — much later than the C-group: in-transit damage is the seller's problem.
Cost split
The seller pays the whole journey to the destination (export clearance included, import clearance NOT). If the seller's carriage contract happens to include unloading, it cannot recover that cost unless agreed. Buyer: unloading, import clearance, import duties.
Insurance
Neither party is obliged to insure — whoever bears the transit risk should consider buying cover for that leg.
Watch out for
- The buyer must clear import promptly — if the goods sit at the border because of the buyer's slow formalities, the resulting risk and cost shift to the buyer.
- If the seller is to unload as well, use DPU; if the seller also carries import duties, that is DDP.
DAP price → 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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