DELIVERED DUTY PAID

delivered  duty  paid.A  mercantile-contract term allocating the rights and  duties of the buyer

and the seller of goods with respect to delivery, payment, and risk of loss, whereby the seller must

(1) clear the goods for export, (2) bear the costs of carriage, (3) pay the buyer’s import duties, and

(4)  make  the  goods  available  to  the  buyer  onboard  the  carrier  at  the  destination.  •  The  seller’s

delivery is complete (and the risk  of loss passes to the buyer) when the seller’s carrier arrives at

the agreed destination. This term is generally used when the delivery place is on land, but it places

no  explicit  restrictions  on  the  mode  of  carriage.  If  the  delivery  point  is  a  port  and  delivery  is

complete either onboard or alongside the vessel, the term delivered ex ship or delivered ex quay is

preferred.   —   Abbr.   DDP.   Cf.   DELIVERED   DUTY   UNPAID;   DELIVERED   EX   SHIP;

DELIVERED EX QUAY. [Blacks Law 8th]