Delivered Duty Paid explained: what is included, how it compares to FOB and CIF, and why it simplifies cost comparison for U.S. buyers.
DDP: Delivered Duty Paid, means the quoted price is the price you pay. Freight, import duties, customs brokerage, and domestic delivery to your named facility are all included. There are no additional invoices after the quote.
Under Incoterms DDP, the seller is responsible for all costs and risks until the goods are delivered to the buyer’s specified location. For chemical imports into the United States, this means:
| Cost Element | DDP | FOB | CIF |
|---|---|---|---|
| International freight | Seller pays | Buyer pays | Seller pays |
| Export clearance | Seller pays | Buyer pays | Seller pays |
| Import duties & tariffs | Seller pays | Buyer pays | Buyer pays |
| U.S. customs brokerage | Seller pays | Buyer pays | Buyer pays |
| Domestic delivery | Seller pays | Buyer pays | Buyer pays |
| Risk transfers at | Buyer’s facility | Origin port | Destination port |
Most specialty chemical importers quote FOB or CIF, which means the buyer’s procurement team must add freight estimates, tariff calculations, and brokerage fees before they can make a meaningful cost comparison against a domestic distributor or an alternative supplier. This introduces uncertainty and administrative overhead, particularly when tariff rates are volatile.
DDP eliminates this. A quoted DDP price can be compared directly against any other landed price, without additional calculation. For procurement managers managing multiple suppliers and product lines, this simplifies the evaluation process and reduces the risk of post-order cost surprises.
Flamisol quotes all products on a DDP basis to the buyer’s named facility in the continental United States. The quoted price is the delivered price, no freight add-on, no brokerage invoice, no customs duty passed through separately. Products are supplied DDP through our US logistics network (Houston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas), which also means no import lead time variability for most orders.
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