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"FOB destination" means the transfer occurs the moment the goods are removed from the transport at the destination. "FOB origin" (also sometimes phrased as "FOB shipping" or "FOB shipping point") indicates that the sale is considered complete at the seller's shipping dock, and thus the buyer of the goods is responsible for freight costs and ...
Since Incoterms 1980 introduced the Incoterm FCA, FOB should only be used for non-containerized seafreight and inland waterway transport. However, FOB is commonly used incorrectly for all modes of transport despite the contractual risks that this can introduce.
If it is a destination contract (FOB (buyer's city)), then risk of loss is on the seller. If it is a delivery contract (standard, or FOB (seller's city)), then the risk of loss is on the buyer. In cases not covered by the foregoing rules, if the seller is a merchant, then the risk of loss shifts to the buyer upon buyer's "receipt" of the goods.
Uniform delivered pricing is the opposite of the FOB origin pricing, as the same price is quoted to all customers. The transportation costs are averaged across all buyers, and the nearby customers are in effect subsidizing the faraway ones (paying more for the delivery than it costs the seller, the difference is called the phantom freight).
FOB Origin or FOB Destination can be followed by Freight terms: "Freight Prepaid" or "Freight Collect". "Prepaid" means the vendor pays freight and "Collect" means the buyer pays freight. Be careful: You should use the INCOTERM CFR: Cost of Freight (Named Port), CIF - Cost of Insurance and Freight and CIP: Carriage, Insurance Paid (Named Port).
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FOB (shipping) I. Incoterms; This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 05:40 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...