Delivered Duty Paid (Delivered Duty Paid) means that the seller delivers when the buyer is given product, cleared of the customs duties required for importation, on the arrived vehicle, ready for unloading at the named destination.
DDP imposes maximum responsibilities on the seller. The seller bears all costs and risks associated with the delivery of goods to the destination, and is obliged to carry out customs formalities necessary not only for export, but also for import, pay any fees charged for export and import, and complete all customs formalities.
Parties are encouraged to most accurately determine the point at the agreed place of destination, as the costs and risks up to this point is the seller. Seller recommended that contracts of carriage, which accurately reflect this choice. If the seller is in his contract of carriage bears the costs of discharge at the agreed place of destination, the seller is not entitled to claim compensation from the purchaser of such costs, unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
Parties are not recommended to use DDPif the seller is not directly or indirectly able to ensure the completion of customs formalities for importation (import clearance).
If the parties wish to impose on the buyer all the risks and costs of the customs formalities for import, it is advisable to use the term DDP.
VAT or other taxesPayable on import at the seller’s expense, unless otherwise agreed in a clear form in the purchase agreement.
For the buyer DDP It is convenient because the exporter takes over the organizational aspects of the delivery and customs clearance of the goods, but the seller will still include all these costs in the cost of the goods. These conditions are very convenient for the buyer, since he knows the final price of the goods in his warehouse in advance at the conclusion stage.