It’s really an interesting thing that we communicate well with our clients during the international trades, but when the cargos arrived and waiting to be released, some new problems appeared. Client especially new client who import for the first time may ask us, why they paid the sea freight but the arrival notice including a new invoice waiting to be paid?
Let’s use CNF(CFR) term which we usually use as an instance: this trade term require supplier get cargos ready and send to buyer’s port, actually the responsibility changes from supplier to buyer when supplier load the cargos to the ship of the place where shipping start, that’s to say, supplier and buyer come to an agreement on shipping term, freight,ect. all is clear for what buyer paid(products value+sea freight+other documents fee like CO) and what supplier should do(prepare cargos, order ship, send cargos to destination port)
Question, who will pay for the destination charge for this trade term? of course the answer is buyer, this charge will appear when cargos arrive and charged by port warehouse or local customs, the charge name may be tax, the sea freight buyer paid is for cargo’s sea travel not including any fee after cargos arrive at the destination port, the supplier arranged anything well and paid for what they should pay before cargos arrive, or buyer can think a thing, can you pay nothing and get the cargos released from the customs? if still any doubt, buyer can contact their forwarder to check the answers.
For more charge details, welcome to contact Groupeve to confirm before order!
Post time: Aug-20-2021
