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CPT — Carriage Paid To: delivery terms under Incoterms 2020

The seller pays for carriage to the place of destination, but risk passes to the buyer when the goods are handed over to the first carrier. CPT is already selected in the generator

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Import of goods on CPTExport of goods on CPT DOCX
КОНТРАКТCONTRACTMoscow
1. Предмет Контракта 2. Стоимость Контракта 3. Условия поставки 4. Условия оплаты 5. Гарантии и качество 6. Ответственность сторон 7. Арбитраж
1. Subject of the Contract 2. Cost of Contract 3. Terms of the Delivery 4. Terms of the Payment 5. Guarantee and Quality 6. Liability of the Parties 7. Arbitration
ПРОДАВЕЦ / THE SELLERПОКУПАТЕЛЬ / THE BUYER
ПРИЛОЖЕНИЕ № 1 к КОНТРАКТУANNEX No. 1 to CONTRACTСПЕЦИФИКАЦИЯ · SPECIFICATION
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# Описание / Description ТН ВЭД / HS CODE Ед. изм. / Unit of meas. Кол-во / Q-ty Цена / Price Сумма / Total 1 2
Прочие условия / Other terms Гарантия / Warranty Документация / Documentation Условия поставки / Delivery terms Порядок оплаты / Terms of payment Период оказания услуг / Period of provision of services Срок возврата оплаты / Period of refund of payment
ПРОДАВЕЦ / THE SELLERПОКУПАТЕЛЬ / THE BUYER
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C
group of terms
Any
mode of transport
Seller
export clearance
Seller
pays for carriage
Buyer
import duties

What the draft already fills

Parties, documents and specifics for every deal scheme

Import of goods on CPT

PartiesBuyer — Russia, seller — foreign company
Delivery termCPT + place of destination
DocumentsInvoice, packing list, declaration, waybill
SpecificsHS code · Supplier's SWIFT details

Export of goods on CPT

PartiesSeller — Russia, buyer — foreign company
Delivery termCPT + place of destination
DocumentsInvoice, packing list, declaration, waybill
SpecificsAdvance refund if delivery fails · HS code in the specification

How to write CPT into the contract

The CPT term is passed into the form from this page

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1. Deal type

Import or export of goods. Parties, goods with HS codes and prices go into the same form; the Russian party's details are filled in from its INN (taxpayer number).

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2. CPT and place

CPT is already selected. Enter the place of destination: the seller pays for carriage up to it. The delivery terms in the specification will be built for CPT.

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3. Preview and DOCX

You see the whole document before paying: the English and Russian columns, the specification, the delivery term. After payment you get the DOCX.

A contract on CPT terms

An Incoterms rule applies to the delivery of goods — import or export

Who does what under CPT

Risk passes when the goods are handed over to the first carrier at the place of shipment — not at the place of destination

Obligation
Seller
Buyer
Loading at the place of dispatch
Yes
—
Export customs clearance
Yes
—
Main carriage
Yes
—
Cargo insurance
—
Optional: risk in transit lies with the buyer
Unloading at the destination
If included in the contract of carriage
In all other cases
Import clearance, duties and taxes
—
Yes

CPT in a contract: what to specify

A delivery term without an exact place and without the conditions around it does not work well

✓Code and edition: “CPT [place], Incoterms® 2020” — without the year it is unclear which rules apply
✓Precise place of destination: the seller pays for carriage up to it
✓Mode of transport: any
✓Deadline for notice that the goods are ready for shipment
✓Transfer of title — Incoterms does not govern it; the contract ties it to the moment of delivery
✓Insurance: Incoterms does not require it; decide between yourselves who insures
✓Payment terms and the deadline for refunding the advance if there is no delivery
✓Documents the seller hands over: invoice, packing list, transport document

Questions about the CPT term

Meaning, risk, costs, title

CPT stands for Carriage Paid To. The seller hires the carrier and pays for carriage to the place of destination, but risk passes to the buyer as soon as the goods are handed over to the first carrier.
The only difference is insurance. Under CIP the seller must insure the cargo in favour of the buyer for the whole journey; under CPT there is no such obligation, although the risk in transit still lies with the buyer.
Group C rules are shipment rules: under CPT the seller delivers the goods when it hands them over to the first carrier, and paying for carriage to the destination concerns only costs, not risk. Our contract says the same: the arrival of the goods at the destination is not delivery.
Incoterms does not govern the transfer of title — the rules deal only with delivery, risk and costs. The moment title passes is set by the contract or the applicable law; under Russian law (Article 223 of the Russian Civil Code), ownership arises from the moment the thing is handed over, unless the contract provides otherwise. In our contract title passes together with risk — at the moment of delivery under CPT.
The rule code, the precise place of destination and the edition of the rules, for example: CPT Moscow, Buyer's warehouse, Incoterms® 2020. Under paragraph 6 of Article 1211 of the Russian Civil Code, if the contract uses a trade term accepted in international commerce, the parties are deemed to have agreed on the customs that the term denotes — so it is better to name the edition expressly.

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CPT Incoterms 2020 — delivery terms

CPT in plain words

CPT fits when it is more convenient for the seller to arrange carriage by any mode of transport itself, and the buyer is ready to take the risk from shipment. Agree the place of handover to the first carrier with the seller: the generator form asks only for the place of destination, and the place of handover, if needed, is added to the specification of the finished document.

How CPT is written in our contract

The delivery term is set out in Annex No. 1 (Specification) in English and Russian. The English column for this term:
CPT [place]
Delivery and transfer of risk: The Seller has fulfilled its delivery obligation when it hands the Goods over to the carrier it has contracted with (the first carrier). The risk of loss of or damage to the Goods and the title to the Goods pass from the Seller to the Buyer at that moment. The Seller paying for carriage to [place] does not change the moment when risk passes: the arrival of the Goods at the destination is not delivery.
Costs: The Seller pays for carriage to the named place of destination ([place]) and bears export formalities. The Buyer bears the costs from delivery onwards, except the carriage paid by the Seller, as well as unloading at the destination unless it is included in the contract of carriage.
Customs clearance: export clearance is the Seller's obligation; import clearance, duties and taxes are the Buyer's.
Insurance: Incoterms 2020 imposes no insurance obligation on either Party under this rule. As risk passes to the Buyer at the place of shipment, the Buyer is advised to insure the cargo at its own cost.

CPT and customs value on import

Under CPT the seller pays for carriage and includes it in the price of the goods. If the place of destination is inside Russia, part of these costs falls on the leg across the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union. Under paragraph 2 of Article 40 of the EAEU Customs Code, such costs are not included in the customs value — provided that they are separated from the price, declared by the declarant and supported by documents. It is therefore better to show the cost of delivery beyond the border as a separate amount in the supplier's documents.

All terms: Incoterms 2020 · EXW · FCA · FAS · FOB · CIP · CFR · CIF · DAP · DPU · DDP. See also: import contract, export contract.