Incoterms 2020

Shipping terms: FOB, CIF, DAP and DDP

You choose who handles freight and customs. We quote FOB for trade buyers with their own forwarder, CIF to your port and DAP to your site. DDP is offered only where we can act as importer.

Every quote names the term, the port or address, and what is and is not included.

Who handles what

The line runs from the factory to your site. Green is what we handle. The marker shows where risk passes to you.

Tap a term

Risk passes

Export clearance

Datum

Loading at origin port

Datum

Sea freight

You

Unloading at destination port

You

Import clearance, duty and VAT

You

Delivery to your site

You

FOB: Free On Board

We clear the goods for export and load them on the ship at the origin port. You book the sea freight, insurance, import clearance and delivery. Risk passes to you once the goods are on board.

Suits

Trade buyers with their own forwarder

Datum handlesYou or your agent handle

Incoterms 2020 in plain words

7 terms

Term	What we pay and handle	Risk passes to you	Offered
EXW Ex Works	Nothing beyond making the goods ready	At the factory	Not offered
FOB Free On Board	Export clearance, Loading at origin port	On board at the origin port	Yes
CFR Cost and Freight	Export clearance, Loading at origin port, Sea freight	On board at the origin port	On request
CIF Cost, Insurance and Freight	Export clearance, Loading at origin port, Sea freight, Insurance to the destination port (minimum cover)	On board at the origin port	Yes
CPT Carriage Paid To	Export clearance, Loading at origin port, Sea freight	At handover to the first carrier	For inland depots and samples
DAP Delivered at Place	Export clearance, Loading at origin port, Sea freight, Unloading at destination port, Delivery to your site	At your named address	Yes
DDP Delivered Duty Paid	Export clearance, Loading at origin port, Sea freight, Unloading at destination port, Import clearance, duty and VAT, Delivery to your site	At your named address	Where we can act as importer

DPU (Delivered at Place Unloaded) is rarely used for stone: slabs need the right crane or forklift on site, which the buyer usually arranges.

Why DDP is limited

Under DDP the seller pays import duty and VAT and is the importer of record. In the UK and the EU that usually means registering for VAT there.

Until we have a local importer in a country, we quote DAP and you use a customs broker of your choice. The price to site is the same idea, with the duty paid by you.

What every quote states

Price per slab or per m², and the total
Number of crates and containers, and the gross weight
Production lead time and transit time
Freight and insurance, where included
The Incoterm and the named port or place
Payment terms, and how long the quote is valid

Containers fill by weight

Quartz weighs about 2.4 tonnes per m³. A 20 mm slab is about 48 kg per m², and a 3200 × 1600 mm slab about 250 kg before packing.

Stone reaches a container's weight limit long before it fills the space. A 20 ft box takes about the same weight as a 40 ft box for less, so stone ships in 20 ft boxes. We confirm every load with the forwarder.

Proof before you pay the balance

Before loading and balance payment, we send photos of the actual slabs (front, back, edges and any repairs) and of the packed crates.

Engineered quartz releases crystalline silica dust when cut. A safety data sheet ships with every quartz order.

Shipping by country

Ports, default terms and the import rules to check before you order.

8 countries

United Arab Emirates

Jebel Ali (Dubai), Khalifa Port (Abu Dhabi)