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DDP incoterms: Meaning, terms and conditions

DDP (Delivery Duty Paid) incoterms are certainly the easiest transaction terms for the importer. Their simplicity, clear framework, and adaptation make them a good option for both the seller and the buyer under certain circumstances.

What exactly are DDP incoterms, what do they entail, and when do you use them? Let’s find out!

What does DDP mean?

Incoterms are published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), which revises and updates them every ten years.

DDP, which stands for Delivered Duty Paid, is an incoterm suitable for any mode of transportation and is known for being the easiest shipping process for the buyer.

Under DDP incoterm, the seller bears all costs and responsibilities, from managing the goods at the origin point to delivering them at the designated place in the destination country. He also pays for the fees related to importation. DDP is actually the only incoterm where the seller is required to pay for both export and import charges.

Not everyone should choose to work with DDP incoterms, as most of the shipping process is managed by the seller. Having some experience and already being familiar with shipping activities is essential for sellers who use DDP.

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What are the buyers and the sellers responsibilities with DAP?

As we said, under DDP Agreement, the seller has far more responsibilities than the buyer. Let’s take a closer look at both parties’ obligations.

Seller’s obligations under DDP:

  • Manage the packaging and labeling of items;
  • Load goods onto a local carrier (truck, van, etc.) and pay for the charges related to this operation;
  • Transport and deliver goods to the shipping terminal;
  • Remove goods from the local carrier and load them onto the main carrier, then pay the Origin Terminal Handling Charges (OTHC);
  • Handle the export clearance, which includes export duties, taxes, and customs clearance;
  • Pay freight charges for the transportation;
  • Transfer items to local transportation upon arrival at the terminal (port, airport, etc.) and pay the Destination Terminal Handling charges (DTHC);
  • Deliver the goods to the final destination;
  • Handle the import clearance, which includes import duties, taxes, and customs clearance.

Buyer’s obligations under DDP:

  • Unload the goods at their final destination.

With DDP Agreement, the seller is responsible for the entire shipping process, and he is responsible for any risk of loss and damages to goods. Note that with DDP incoterm, the seller is not required to pay for insurance coverage, but it is highly recommended.

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When to use DDP Agreement?

As a buyer, it is interesting to use DDP Agreement when you want to simplify your shipping process. The seller, on the other hand, needs to be experienced. He also needs to make sure that he has enough knowledge in the customs regulations of the destination country.

DDP Agreement should be used:

  • When the exporter is experienced and familiar with the bureaucratic procedures in the destination country;
  • As an added value for the customer, which makes the seller more competitive;
  • When the exporter has a significant network and has access to competitive freight rates;
  • When the trade-relationship is a long-term one, and can be trusted;
  • For high-value items;
  • For new importers who want to minimize risks and focus on their core business.

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Development of the cross border from / to Thailand

Border Trade: A Future Direction or the Thai Economy in ASEAN

The near future, it seems certain that Thailand will 11 become a hub for land-based trade in Southeast Asia and a gateway for the movement of goods through the region, because of its strategic location at the heart of the ASEAN Economic Community. As a result, the country will enjoy an increase in the value of cross-border trade transactions as well as more tourist arrivals, consequently boosting the Thai economy.

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This optimistic forecast is based on my belief that land transport through Customs checkpoints along Thailand’s borders will overtake marine transport as the main channel for regional trade because trucks and trains take less time.

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Docshipper Remark : Moreover, the ronde of trade will evolve from simple border trade to exports and imports across borders as well as transit trade that passes through one or several countries on road to its destination.

These are not new claims and I do believe that business operators and the private sectors generally may be skeptical about the preparedness of Thailand’s government agencies to cope with this major and complex trend in order to take full advantage of it.

In making the forecasts, I am taking into account the context and environment of regional collaboration; the direction in which our neighboring countries and other ASEAN nations are developing; investment flows from the world’s biggest economies to Thailand and other ASEAN Member States; and the preparation of Thailand’s public sectors in terms of infrastructure, amendments of laws and regulations to facilitate the business, and simplification of working procedures for the ease of doing business.

Docshipper Info : Furthermore, the government’s policy of pushing ahead with plans to establish special economic zones in the border provinces of Tak, Mukdahan, Sa Kaew, Trat, Songkhla, Chiang Rai, Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Kanchanaburi and Narathicoateill also help to escalate the value of border, cross-border and transit trades.

Significantly, the value of Thailand’s border trade has continued to increase (see the Tables below), despite of a slowdown in the global economy brought about by the economic downturn in China and a consequent weakening of the Japanese economy. Trade and investment in Thailand and other ASEAN Member States continue to expand. Before elaborating on the preparations already made by the public sectors for this transformation in regional trade, I will lay out some background.

Docshipper Info : The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had five founding Member States: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, with an objective of promoting political economics and social collaboration. The Association later gained other five Member States: Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia, to make the present total of 10 members.

In 2003, ASEAN Concord II named the ‘three pillars’ that, when created, would cement the association of the 10 nations: the ASEAN Security Community (ASC); the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC); and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC). In 2006, the ASEAN Economic Ministers agreed to speed up establishment of the AEC to implementation by the end of 2015.

 

The Physical AEC and Future Economic Trends

At the end of 2014, the population of the 10 ASEAN Member States that were a year away from becoming the AEC was about 637 million. In descending order of numbers, this comprised Indonesia, about 254 million; the Philippines, 108 million; Vietnam, 93million; Thailand, 68million; Myanmar, 56million; Malaysia, 30 million; Cambodia, 15 million; Laos, 7 million; Singapore, 6 million; and Brunei, 400,000. It seems likely that in the future the economic integration of the 10 ASEAN Member States will be extended to include China, South Korea and Japan, a grouping that is currently known as ASEAN+3. This will entail a quantum leap in market size.

Docshipper Info : Furthermore, future negotiations may bring Australia, New Zealand and India into an enlarged economic community, currently known as ASEAN+6.

This would create a trading bloc with a population well in excess of three billion. Bilateral and multilateral free-trade pacts have been a major feature of increasing levels of economic integration within the geographic region encompassing the ASEAN+6 grouping.

These trends have stolen the limelight from the development of regional transport networks and economic-development zones along three major ‘economic corridors’, which include:

  • The East-West Economic Corridor, which stretches 1,500 km from Myanmar through Thailand and Laos to Vietnam (Mawlamyine to Myawaddy in Myanmar; Mae Sot to Phitsanulok, Khon Kaen, Kalasin and Mukdahan in Thailand; Savannakhet in Laos to long Ha and Danang in Vietnam).
  • The North-South Economic Corridor, which spans 1,280 km from China to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam over several routes (from Kunming to Jinghong and Daluo, in China; Kengtung to Tachileik in Myanmar; and from Mae Sai to Bangkok in Thailand. Alternatively, from Kunming to Jinghong in China; Boten to Louang Namtha and Houayxay in Laos; and from Chiang Khong to Bangkok in Thailand. The third route extends from Kunming in China to Hanoi and the port city of Haiphong in northern Vietnam.
  • The Southern Economic Corridor, which connects Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam by three routes: Bangkok to Aranyaprathet

Poipet and Phnom Penh in Cambodia and Ho Chi Minh City to Vung Tauin Vietnam – a distance of 1,005 km: Bangkok to Trat in Thailand, Koh Kong to Ste Ambel and Karnpot in Cambodia, Thence to Ha Tien, Ca Mau and Nam Can in Vietnam – a distance of 907 km; and from Bangkok in Thailand through Siem Reap, Stung Treng and Oyadav, in Carnbodia’s Ratanakiri province to Pleiku and Guy Nhon in Vietnam – a distance of 1,150 km. Many related transport and other agreements have been signed and sealed in preparation for exponential growth in land-based trade.

These include the following bilateral pacts:

  • Thai-Laos Road Transport Agreement:
  • Memorandum of Understanding between Thailand and Malaysia Regarding the Movement in Transit of Perishable Goods by Road from Thailand through Malaysia to Singapore:
  • Agreements on the Facilitation of Goods and Passenger Transport at the Lao Bao-Dansavan h Border Checkpoint between Vietnam and Laos, and that between Savannakhet in Laos and Mukdahan in Thailand;
  • Initial Implementation of a Cross-Border Transport Agreement for the Aranyaprathet-Poipet Checkpoint between Thailand and Cambodia; and
  • Initial Implementation of a Cross-border Agreement between Thailand and Myanrnar for the Mae Sot-Myawaddy and Mae Sai-Tachileik Checkpoints. Multilateral agreements have already been signed regarding recognition of domestic driving licences issued by ASEAN Member States and recognition of commercial vehicle inspection certificates. Further transport agreements that will be enforced in the future include the ASEAN Framework on the Facilitation of Cross-Border Goods Transport, the Greater Mekong Subregion Cross-Border Transport Agreement and the Protocol on Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Imports and Exports of Fruits between Thailand and China through Third Countries.

All of these developments are creating a momentum that is reflected in recent figures for the value of Thailand’s border trade:

Value of Cross-Border Goods Imports Border

BORDER 2013 2014 2015 TOTAL
Thailand-Myanmar 117,512,66 121,702,16 102,406,02 321,620,84
Thailand-Cambodia 10,135,86 18,233,50 17,348,16 45,717,52
Thailand- Laos 23,536,06 27,145,62 32,964,15 83,645,83
Thailand- Malaysia 144,761,38 148,123.19 120,547.63 413,432.20
TOTAL 295,295.95 315,204.47 273,265.96 884,416.39

Value of Cross-Border Goods Exports

BORDER 2013 2014 2015 TOTAL
Thailand-Myanmar 79,429.56 93,964.59 82,268.23 255,662.38
Thailand-Cambodia 84,395.33 96,715.51 86,087.87 267,198.71
Thailand- Laos 108,639.88 124,233.72 106,221.34 339,094.95
Thailand- Malaysia 139,512.88 142,864.78 111,263.14 393,640.80
TOTAL 411,977.66 457,778.60 385,840.59 1,255,596.85

Docshipper Note : As the pace has risen, every involving government agencies has developed and adjusted their work.

The Customs Department, the main tasks of which are to facilitate and control cross-border trade, protect society and environment, collect tax revenues as well as investigate and suppress illegal Customs-related activities, has issued numerous measures to support border, cross-border and transit trades. These measures also implement under the ASEAN Economic Cornmunity, e.g. the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers, amendments of rules of origin, revision/update of regulations/working procedures, etc.

The Department’s trade facilitation measures that will help to out transaction costs of doing business include:

  • Provide advance rulings on Customs valuation, classification and rules of origin;
  • Introduce the Customs Automation System, including the National Single Window, ASEAN Single Window and Tracking Systems;
  • Introduce CCTV system and other technologies for Customs control purposes
  • Introduce X-ray Inspection System for cargo inspection;
  • Establish Customs checkpoints and prototype checkpoints to promote border trade by separating areas for cargo and people inspection; and
  • Introduce information and communication technologies to the Department’s general administrative work and Customs services, Other measures to facilitate trade and promote international trade include the provision of post clearance audit. In addition the Customs Act was also amended, in line with the Cross-Border Transport Facilitation Act B.E.2556, to allow Customs to work in Common Control Areas, or those areas where joint Customs operations involve officials from bordering countries.

As a result, Thai Customs officials will be able to work with Customs officials from neighboring countries in Common Control Areas, enabling “single stop inspections” and cargo clearances. The Mukdahan-Savannakhet checkpoint, the border of Thailand and Laos, will be the first area to implement the Common Control Area concept, following the creation of the Common Control Area at the Lao Bao-Dansavanh checkpoint, the border of Vietnam and Laos.

Docshipper Remark : To prepare infrastructure and Customs checkpoints, the Customs Department set up a working group to study the evolution of border trade, develop and redesign certain Customs Houses to launch Common Control Area related pilot projects, taking into account the enhancement of border trade and the creation of Special Economic Zones.

In this connection, eight Customs Houses under the said pilot projects are located in Aranyaprathet, Klong Yai, Mukdahan, Mae Sot, Sadao, Padang Besar, Chiang Khong and Nong Khai, with four key elements:

  1. Provide designated areas for cargo clearance, which are separated from immigration procedures and equipped with Information and Communication Technology.
  2. Provide “One-Stop Services”(OSS), following the international standard; automation systems , for example, the National Single Window which allows the interface with relevant agencies to exchange information e.g. licenses, certificates, etc. and public service manuals with diagrams detailing working processes, types of documents, and expected service times.
  3. Apply cross-border trade-facilitation and promotion measures e.g. incentives under Customs and other related laws, advisory and consultancy services on the Customs related activities.
  4. Conduct, and coordinate-Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities within their communities.

The Customs Department is also planned to renovate Customs Houses and border checkpoints, construct new office buildings, including working facilities for Customs officials to enhance the efficiency of existing services for business operators and people in general.

Docshipper Info : The infrastructure and Customs House projects under the 1st phase of the Special Economic Zones include the construction of the second Customs Houses at the Mae Sot and Aranyaprathet checkpoints, new Customs House in Sadao, and the renovation of the Padang Besar Customs Houses and the construction of a cargo inspection yard and building facilities at the Mae Sot Customs House.

In addition, new Customs/Immigration Quarantine facilities are planned to be established at the Klong Luk border checkpoint, an office building will be constructed at the Klong Yai border checkpoint, and extra facilities at the Mukdahan Customs House. The infrastructure and Customs-facilities projects under 2stphase of the Special Economic Zones include the construction of a Customs House and cargo inspection yard in Nong Khai, along with the development of the Nong Khai border checkpoint.

New Customs Houses, in some cases with associated facilities, will be built in Chiang Khong, Nakhon Phanom, Chiang San, the Ban Pu Nam Ron permanent checkpoint in Kanchanaburi province, and the Chiang Khong Customs House. Furthermore, opening and closing times of border crossings have been extended to match those of permanent border checkpoints to facilitate the movement of both cargo and travel.

Docshipper Remark : Hence, a major effort is under way to not only provide the infrastructure for increased land-based trade, but also to enable trading across the entire region faster and more convenient.

The international commitment to this massive integration is attracting increasing flows of investment from the world’s biggest economies into Thailand and other ASEAN Member States. It is difficult, in the light of all these factors, to be anything but optimistic for the future.

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