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DAP

Meaning in international trade, with examples

abbreviationCore term

In international trade, DAP means: Delivered at Place: an Incoterms rule in which the seller delivers the goods to the named destination, ready for unloading, and bears the risk until then; the buyer handles import clearance and duties.

In Turkish: belirlenen yerde teslim, DAP teslim

How it is used

Very common for truck shipments from Turkey to Europe: 'DAP Stuttgart'. The seller arranges and pays the transport but not the unloading or the import formalities. It replaced the older DDU term, which some buyers still use.

Example sentences

  1. We deliver DAP the customer's warehouse in Lyon, unloading by the buyer.

  2. Under DAP, the buyer pays the import VAT and duties when the truck arrives.

Common collocations

  • DAP terms
  • DAP destination
  • quote DAP
  • DAP price
  • IncotermsA set of standard three-letter trade terms published by the International Chamber of Commerce that show which costs, risks and tasks belong to the seller and which to the buyer.
  • DDPDelivered Duty Paid: an Incoterms rule in which the seller delivers the goods to the named place in the buyer's country, cleared for import and with all duties and taxes paid.
  • DPUDelivered at Place Unloaded: an Incoterms rule in which the seller delivers the goods to the named destination and also unloads them there, bearing the risk until unloading is complete.
  • CPTCarriage Paid To: an Incoterms rule in which the seller pays transport to the named destination, but the risk passes to the buyer when the goods are handed to the first carrier.

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