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Cases · Markets, trade & operations · International trade, customs & sanctions

Set import/export terms and Incoterms

Which Incoterms should we use, and who pays duties and taxes?

WONE Global sets the delivery terms with customs, tax and contract professionals so duties, VAT, risk and insurance sit where you intend.

Countries in the typical case China · Germany · France

The situation

What is happening

What is at stake

The wrong delivery terms leave you paying the buyer's import taxes or carrying the risk when goods are lost.

A scenario

Electronics supplierMid-sized company · from China · in Germany, France

It has quoted delivered-duty-paid into the EU without being registered for VAT there.

Where it ends Delivery terms that match where taxes are actually paid.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “DDP or DAP for international shipments?”“Who is responsible if goods are lost in transit?”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global sets the delivery terms with customs, tax and contract professionals so duties, VAT, risk and insurance sit where you intend.

Usually led by Customs, trade and export controls, with Contracts and commercial law and Business insurance.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Day 1WONE Global reviews the terms with customs and tax professionals.
  2. Week 1Options: register, change the delivery terms or use an importer of record.
  3. Week 2Contracts and registrations updated.
  4. ThenShipments clear without surprise taxes.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Which Incoterm fits each route and customer
  2. 02Who carries freight, insurance, duty and risk at each stage
  3. 03How the terms affect VAT, customs value and revenue timing

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Incoterms chosen per route
  • Aligned sales, logistics and insurance terms
  • Customs value and tax effects understood

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsCustoms, trade and export controlsArranged on request→
  2. Often involvedContracts and commercial law12 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedBusiness insuranceArranged on request→

Who handles it

Customs, trade and export controls, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Chinain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Francein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Germanyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  5. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  6. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

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