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Incoterms & Delivery Terms

DAP

Also known as: Delivered at Place

Delivered at Place requires the seller to carry the goods to a named destination and place them, still on the arriving means of transport, at the buyer's disposal ready for unloading. The seller bears all transport costs and risk to that point, but — unlike DDP — the buyer remains responsible for import clearance and for paying any duties and import taxes. DAP is popular because it gives the buyer door-level delivery while keeping the import-side tax burden and formalities with the party best positioned to handle them locally.

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DAP is the sensible version of what most buyers think DDP means: the seller brings the goods to your door, and you clear them. Responsibility for the entry sits with the party who is actually established to make it. For cross-border purchases from a seller with no U.S. presence, this is usually the honest arrangement.

Where it matters for compliance

  • The buyer clears the goods and pays duty, and so is normally the importer of record.

Related terms

DDPDelivered Duty Paid places the maximum obligation on the seller, who must deliver the goods to the named destination in the buyer's country having borne every cost along the way — export clearance, main carriage, insurance, import duties, taxes, and customs formalities.CPTCarriage Paid To is the multimodal counterpart of CFR: the seller contracts and pays for carriage to the named destination, but risk passes to the buyer much earlier, at the point where the goods are handed to the first carrier.

Reviewed by a licensed customs broker. Definitions are general information, not legal or customs advice for a particular shipment. Duty rates, tariff programs and agency requirements change frequently.