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]