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Incoterms Selector

Pick your transport mode, then answer 1-2 more questions about risk transfer and who arranges carriage. This tool points you to one of the 11 Incoterms 2020 rules — it does not replace legal or contract review.

Which Incoterm Should You Use?

Start with your transport mode, then answer where the seller's responsibility ends. The tool narrows down to a single Incoterms 2020 rule and links to the full guide for that term.

Incoterms Selector

Your recommended Incoterm

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Quick reference

All 11 Incoterms 2020 rules

Browse every rule directly, grouped by transport mode, or use the selector above to narrow down to one.

Any mode of transport

EXW Ex Works The seller only makes the goods available at its own premises. The buyer arranges export clearance, all transport, insurance, and import clearance. This is the seller's minimum obligation. At the seller's premises, before loading FCA Free Carrier The seller clears the goods for export and delivers them to a carrier or place named by the buyer. Risk and main-carriage cost pass to the buyer at that handover point. Once handed to the carrier named by the buyer, in the origin country CPT Carriage Paid To The seller pays for carriage to the named destination, but risk transfers to the buyer as soon as goods are handed to the first carrier. The seller has no obligation to insure the cargo. Once handed to the first carrier at origin, even though the seller pays freight to the destination CIP Carriage and Insurance Paid To Identical to CPT, except the seller must also buy cargo insurance for the buyer, at the higher 'all risks' level required since Incoterms 2020. Same as CPT: at the first carrier, at origin DAP Delivered at Place The seller bears cost and risk until the goods arrive at the named destination, ready for unloading. The buyer handles unloading, import clearance, and duties. At the named destination, ready for unloading DPU Delivered at Place Unloaded Like DAP, but the seller also unloads the goods at the named destination — the only Incoterm that requires the seller to unload. The buyer still handles import clearance and duties. At the named destination, after unloading DDP Delivered Duty Paid Maximum seller obligation. The seller bears all cost and risk to the named destination, including export and import clearance and duties. At the buyer's named destination, cleared for import

Sea and inland waterway only

FAS Free Alongside Ship The seller delivers the goods alongside the ship at the named port of loading, export cleared. The buyer arranges and pays for loading, main carriage, and everything after. Once placed alongside the vessel at the port of shipment FOB Free on Board The seller delivers the goods on board the vessel named by the buyer, export cleared. Risk transfers once the goods are on board; the buyer arranges and pays main carriage. Once the goods are on board the vessel CFR Cost and Freight The seller pays freight to the named port of destination, but risk transfers to the buyer once the goods are on board at origin, the same point as FOB. No insurance obligation. Once the goods are on board at origin, even though the seller pays freight to destination CIF Cost, Insurance and Freight Identical to CFR, except the seller must also buy minimum cargo insurance for the buyer's benefit. Same as CFR: on board, at origin
How this tool works

Three questions, one Incoterms 2020 rule

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Answer 2-3 questions

Pick your transport mode, then say where the seller's responsibility for cost and risk ends.

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Get your Incoterm

The tool narrows the 11 Incoterms 2020 rules down to the one that matches your answers.

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Read the full guide

Follow the link to the detailed term page, or send the lane to our team for a freight quote.

Incoterms selector FAQ

Questions about choosing an Incoterm

Incoterms 2020 are the International Chamber of Commerce's 11 standardized trade terms. They define who arranges transport, who bears risk at each stage, and who pays for freight, insurance, and customs clearance. They do not set the price of the goods or transfer ownership.
No. This tool narrows down to the Incoterms 2020 rule that best matches your answers. Confirm the exact term, named place, and any variations in your sales contract, and get legal or customs advice for high-value or first-time shipments.
Both require the seller to buy cargo insurance for the buyer. CIF applies only to sea and inland waterway transport, with a minimum insurance level (Institute Cargo Clauses C). CIP applies to any transport mode and has required a higher insurance level (Institute Cargo Clauses A) since the 2020 revision.
FOB and CIF are common for ocean shipments because they split responsibility at a clear point: loaded on board. DDP shifts the most work to the seller, which can suit buyers who are new to customs clearance in their own country, but it usually costs more.
FOB is one of the 4 sea-and-inland-waterway-only terms, so it is not meant for air, rail, or multimodal shipments. Use FCA instead — it covers the same 'seller delivers to a named carrier' point for any transport mode.
It is a negotiated part of the sales contract, usually driven by which side has better freight rates, customs expertise, or risk appetite for that lane.
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