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Shipping and landed cost
Courier, air or sea, Incoterms, insurance, and the fees buyers often miss.
- 1Quoting CIF or CIP: how much cargo insurance must the seller buy, and what is the difference?Under the ICC's Incoterms® 2020 rules (in use from 1 January 2020): under CIF, the seller'…
- 2Courier, air, sea or rail: which fits my order?Choose by the goods, route, required arrival date and complete delivered quote, not a univ…
- 3How is volumetric weight calculated for DHL, FedEx and UPS, and what divisors do they use?Length × width × height ÷ divisor = volumetric weight; you pay on whichever is higher, act…
- 4Two "duties paid, door to door" quotes: why you cannot just compare the totalsTwo quotes with the same label can cover very different things. Put five items side by sid…
- 5Why your landed cost is off: 12 fees buyers and sellers often missCheckout duty estimates often differ from the carrier's bill because they include only dut…
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