INCOTERMS 2010: ICC (DIE INTERNATIONALE HANDELSKAMMER) FREIWILLIGE REGELN ZUR AUSLEGUNG HANDELSÜBLICHER VERTRAGSFORMEN

EXW - EX Works (named place or origin)

The seller makes the goods available at their premises, or at another named place. This term places the maximum obligation on the buyer and minimum obligations on the seller. The Ex Works term is often used while making an initial quotation for the sale of goods without any costs included.

EXW means that a buyer incurs the risks for bringing the goods to their final destination. Either the seller does not load the goods on collecting vehicles and does not clear them for export, or if the seller does load the goods, he does so at buyer's risk and cost. If the parties agree that the seller should be responsible for the loading of the goods on departure and to bear the risk and all costs of such loading, this must be made clear by adding explicit wording to this effect in the contract of sale.

There is no obligation for the seller to make a contract of carriage, but there is also no obligation for the buyer to arrange one either - the buyer may sell the goods on to their own customer for collection from the original seller's warehouse. However, in common practice the buyer arranges the collection of the freight from the designated location, and is responsible for clearing the goods through Customs. The buyer is also responsible for completing all the export documentation, although the seller does have an obligation to obtain information and documents at the buyer's request and cost.

These documentary requirements may result in two principal issues. Firstly, the stipulation for the buyer to complete the export declaration can be an issue in certain jurisdictions (not least the European Union) where the customs regulations require the declarant to be either an individual or corporation resident within the jurisdiction. If the buyer is based outside of the customs jurisdiction they will be unable to clear the goods for export, meaning that the goods may be declared in the name of the seller by the buyer, even though the export formalities are the buyer's responsibility under the EXW term.

Secondly, most jurisdictions require companies to provide proof of export for tax purposes. In an EXW shipment, the buyer is under no obligation to provide such proof to the seller, or indeed to even export the goods. In a customs jurisdiction such as the European Union, this would leave the seller liable to a sales tax bill as if the goods were sold to a domestic customer. It is therefore of utmost importance that these matters are discussed with the buyer before the contract is agreed. It may well be that another Incoterm, such as FCA seller's premises, may be more suitable, since this puts the onus for declaring the goods for export onto the seller, which provides for more control over the export process.

Who covers the logistics charges?

Distribution of costs according to the Incoterm negotiated in the contract. Classification according to the increased level of obligations for the seller

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Incoterms 2020

  • EXW — Ex Arbeite
  • FCA — Frei Träger
  • FAS — Frei Längsseite Schiff
  • FOB — Free on Board
  • CFR — Preis und Fracht
  • CIF — Kosten, Versicherung und Fracht
  • CIP — Fracht und Versicherung bezahlt
  • DAP — Geliefert am Ort
  • DPU — Delivered Named Place Unloaded
  • DDP — Geliefert verzollt

Incoterms 2010

  • CFR — Preis und Fracht
  • CIF — Kosten, Versicherung und Fracht
  • CIP — Fracht und Versicherung bezahlt
  • CPT — Fracht bezahlt zu
  • DAP — Geliefert am Ort
  • DDP — Geliefert verzollt
  • DAT — Geliefert am Terminal
  • EXW — EX Arbeite
  • FAS — Frei Längsseite Schiff
  • FCA — Frei Träger
  • FOB — Frei am Bord
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Incoterms 2000

  • DDU — Geliefert unverzollt
  • DES — Geliefert ab Schiff
  • DEQ — Geliefert ab Kai
  • DAF — Geliefert an Grenze
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