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11 August 2012 Please tell me in respect of FOB And FOR in detail regarding import and export of goods.

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Hemant Kumar

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16 August 2012 FOB: FREE ON BOARD (FOB)

Under this term, the goods are placed on board a ship by the seller at a port of shipment named in the sales contract. The risk of loss or damage to the goods is transferred to the buyer when the goods pass the ship's rail. For air shipments, goods delivered to the carrier at the airport fulfill seller's obligations, (For RO/RO and Seller shipments, see FCA.

The seller quotes a price covering all expenses up to and including delivery of goods onto an overseas vessel provided by or for the buyer.

The seller (exporter) is responsible for delivering the goods from his place of business and loading them onto the vessel of at the port of export as well as clearing customs in the country of export. As soon as the goods cross the “ships-rails” (the ship’s threshold) the risk of loss transfers to the buyer (importer). The buyer must pay for all transportation and insurance costs from that point, and must clear customs in the country of import. An FOB transaction will read “FOB, port of export”. For example, assuming the port of export is Boston, an FOB transaction would read “FOB Boston”. If CIF is the Customs valuation basis, international freight and insurance must be added to the FOB value.

FOR: FREE ON RAIL (FOR) or FREE ON TRUCK (FOT)

"F.O.R." and "F.O.T." mean "free on rail" or "free on truck." Both refer to goods being carried by rail and should only be used when the goods are carried by rail. The risk of loss or damage is transferred when the goods are loaded onto the rail.