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Incoterms 2020, made visual.

The 11 Incoterms rules decide who pays, who insures, who clears customs, and, most important, exactly where risk passes from seller to buyer. Pick a rule below and watch the split for yourself.

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Who pays, and where the risk transfers.

Pick an Incoterms 2020 rule to see, stage by stage, who carries the cost, exactly where risk passes from seller to buyer, and who handles insurance and customs.

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Seller pays Buyer pays
01Export packingSeller
02Loading at originSeller
03Carriage to portSeller
04Export customsSeller
05Origin terminalSeller
06Load on main carrierSeller
Risk to buyer
07Main carriage / freightBuyer
08Destination terminalBuyer
09Import customsBuyer
10Duties & taxesBuyer
11Delivery to destinationBuyer

Risk passes to the buyer after Load on main carrier.

The seller loads the goods on board the vessel, and from that point the buyer bears the freight, risk, and all onward costs.

Risk transfers
After Load on main carrier
Insurance
Buyer's responsibility
Export cleared by
Seller
Import cleared by
Buyer
Transport mode
Sea & inland waterway only

These terms auto-fill into TradeFlow's trade documents.

Pick an Incoterm on a contract or invoice and the delivery, risk, and cost clauses fill in for you.