DAT (Delivered At Terminal)

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Russian: DAT Поставка на терминале (...названный терминал назначения)

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General Provisions

In accordance with rules of Incoterms® 2010,[1] the DAT (Delivered At Terminal) may be used irrespective of the mode of transport selected and may also be used where more than one mode of transport is employed. Moreover, the DAT term is considered as ideal for multimodal transport. In DAT, the seller makes the goods available to the buyer unloaded from the arriving means of transport. Therefore, the seller delivers when the goods, once unloaded from the arriving means of transport, are placed at the disposal of the buyer at a named terminal at the named port or place of destination. The DAT is the only term under which the seller is responsible for unloading. The "Terminal" includes any place, whether covered or not, such as a quay, warehouse, container yard or road, rail or air cargo terminal. In DAT, the named terminal at port or place of destination is domestic to the buyer.

The seller bears all risks involved in bringing the goods to and unloading them at the terminal at the named port or place of destination. The parties are well advised to specify as clearly as possible the terminal and, if possible, a specific point within the terminal at the agreed port or place of destination, as the risks to that point are for the account of the seller. The seller is advised to procure a contract of carriage that matches this choice precisely.

Moreover, if the parties intend the seller to bear the risks and costs involved in transporting and handling the goods from the terminal to another place, then the DAP (Delivered At Place) or DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) rules should be used. The DAT rule requires the seller to clear the goods for export, where applicable. However, the seller has no obligation to clear the goods for import, pay any import duty or carry out any import customs formalities.


Table 1. Seller's/Buyer's Responsibilities Allocation for Carriage Arrangements, Transaction Costs, and Risk Transfer as Stated by the DAT rule of Incoterms® 2010
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Seller (Exporter), Named Place, Seller's Facilities Export Documents, Formalities, and Duties (if any) Pre-carriage to Named Place, Not Unloaded Delivery at Named Place / Port, Unloaded Ready for Loading at Named Place / Port of Shipment Loaded on Bord of Ship or Vehicle Transport by Air, Rail, Road, Water, or Multimodal On Board Ship or Vessel, Not Unloaded Discharging (Unloading) at Named Place / Port of Destination Delivery at Named Place / Terminal Onward Carriage to Named Place, Not Unloaded Import Documents, Formalities, and Duties Buyer (Importer) - Named Place, Unloaded
Seller's/Buyer's Responsibilities Allocation for a Contract for the Carriage of Goods as Stated by the DAT rule of Incoterms® 2010
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Seller's/Buyer's Responsibilities Allocation for Transaction Costs as Stated by the DAT rule of Incoterms® 2010
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Seller's/Buyer's Transaction (Loss/Damage of Goods) Risk Transfer as Stated by the DAT rule of Incoterms® 2010
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Summary on Buyer's and Seller's Responsibilities under DAT Rule in Incoterms® 2010

Seller's Responsibilities (in brief) Buyer's Responsibilities (in brief)
Goods - Payment
  • Provide the goods, commercial invoice, and other documentation as required by the sales contract.
  • Pay for the goods as provided in the sales contract.
Licenses, Security, and Customs Formalities
  • Obtain any import licenses or authorizations and handle all import formalities.
Carriage
  • Contract and pay for the carriage of the goods to the named terminal at port or place of destination.
  • Buyer has no obligation [1] to the seller for carriage.
Insurance
  • No obligation [1] to the buyer to secure a contract of insurance.
    • At the buyer’s request and cost, provide information to enable the buyer to obtain insurance.
  • Buyer has no obligation [1] to the seller for contract of insurance.
Delivery - Taking Delivery
  • Make the goods available to the buyer, unloaded from the arriving means of transport, at the named terminal at port or place of destination, within the agreed-upon time.
  • Take delivery of the goods at the named terminal at port or place of destination as provided in the contract.
Risk Transfer
  • Assume all risks of loss or damage to the goods until they have been made available to the buyer, unloaded from the arriving means of transport, at the named terminal at port or place of destination, within the agreed-upon time.
  • Assume all risk of loss or damage from the time the goods have been made available, unloaded, at the named terminal at the port or place of destination, within the agreed-upon time.
Costs
  • Pay all costs until the goods have been made available to the buyer, unloaded from the arriving means of transport, at the named terminal at port or place of destination.
  • Pay all costs of loading and carriage to the named place of destination.
  • Pay all costs relating to export, including export customs formalities, duties, and taxes,
    • as well as costs required for transshipment through any country prior to delivery.
  • Pay for costs of unloading the goods at terminal.
  • Pay any additional costs after the goods have been made available at the named terminal at port or place of destination, within the agreed-upon time.
  • Pay all costs relating to import formalities, duties, fees, and taxes.
  • Pay costs of onward carriage.
Notice to the Buyer - Notice to Seller
  • Provide timely notice that enables the buyer to take possession of the goods at the named terminal at port or place of destination, within the agreed-upon time.
  • If, according to the sales contract, the buyer is entitled to specify a time or point of taking delivery at the named place of destination, to give seller sufficient notice.
Delivery and Transport Documents - Proof of Delivery
  • Provide the buyer with a document that will allow the buyer to claim the goods at the named terminal.
  • Accept the seller’s delivery document [2] if it is in conformity with the sales contract.
Checking, Packing, Marking - Inspection(s)
  • Pay all costs associated with checking the quality and quantity of the goods to be in conformity with the sales contract.
  • Provide pre-shipment inspections as required for export formalities.
  • Package the goods, unless the goods are conventionally sold unpackaged.
  • Package the goods as the seller deems appropriate for transport, unless the buyer has given specific requirements prior to the finalization of the sales contract.
  • Provide marking appropriate to the packaging.
Other
  • Timely provide the buyer, at the buyer’s request and cost, assistance in securing information and documents, including security information, required by the buyer for import and transport of the goods from the named terminal to the final destination.
  • Reimburse the buyer for buyer’s costs related to securing information and/or documentation, including security information the seller requires for export formalities, transport, security clearance, and transshipment to the named terminal.
  • Timely advise the seller of any security-related data requirements.
  • Reimburse the seller for seller’s costs related to securing information and/or documentation, including security information, that the buyer requires for import formalities, security clearance, and transport of the goods to the final destination.
  • Timely provide the seller, at the seller’s request and cost, with any documents and information required for export, transport, and security clearance of the goods to the named terminal at port or place of destination.

Examples [3]

  • DAT, Terminal A1, Domodedovo Airport, Moscow, Russia
  • DAT, Sea Terminal ZZZ, Port of Civitavecchia, Italy

Notes

  1. According to Incoterms rules, seller and buyer have reciprocal responsibilities only. The "no obligation" term often used in the rules of Incoterms means that one party has not obligation to the other party. In this case (Art. B.3.А - Incoterms® 2010) the buyer has obligation neither to arrange nor to pay the contract on carriage. The "no obligation" term has the same understanding for the both parties in the case of insurance. However, the "no obligation" term being applied to the second party does not mean that the task performance is out of the first party’s interests (Articles А.3.В and B.3.B in Incoterms® 2010). So, for the case of the DAT rule, despite the fact that the buyer has not responsibility to the seller for the contract on carriage, it is clear, that the buyer has an interest to have such a contract on carriage that will deliver the goods to the buyer’s place of destination safely and in the time stipulated.
  2. Delivery document term used as the heading to article A8 (Incoterms® 2010) means a document used to prove that delivery has occurred. For many of the rules of Incoterms® 2010, the delivery document is a transport document or corresponding electronic record. Nevertheless [2], with EXW, FCA, FAS and FOB rules, the delivery document may simply be a receipt. A delivery document may also have other functions, for example as part of the mechanism for payment declaration: refers to comply with customs regulations and have met some of the requirements, including the notes, Enron, information or physical inspection of the obligation. Such requirements are particularly common in construction contracts with large contractors, government entities, and major corporations.
  3. The examples given hereto are to illustrate purposes concerning the syntax of Incoterms® 2010 rules and could conform with any real data occasionally only.

References

  1. Incoterms® 2010: ICC rules for the use of domestic and international trade terms – ICC Publication No 715E
  2. Financial terminology | http://financialterminology.info/2011/06/incoterms-2010-international-edition-b/
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