Negocios Internacionales
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INCOTERMS
Definition:
International commercial terms. Thirteen terms of sale accepted worldwide in assignment of costs and responsibilities between the buyer and the seller. Proposed, updated,and copyrighted by the International Chamber Of Commerce (ICC), they serve as global standards for uniform interpretation of common contract clauses in international trade. The last revision (1999) isnamed 'INCOTERMS 2000.'
History and Evolution (Revisions):
The Incoterms was first conceived by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 1921, and brought to fruition with the firstIncoterms rules in 1936. This set in motion a long and vibrant history of Incoterms publications that continues today with Incoterms 2010, which will go into effect 1 January 2011.A Trade Terms Committeewith the assistance of the ICC National Committees developed the first six rules in 1923: FOB, FAS, FOT, FOR, Free Delivered CIF and C&F, which were the precursor of what would later be known as theIncoterms rules.
Some significant revisions include:
1980 –FCA was introduced in order to provide a rule that dealt with the frequent case where the reception point in maritime trade was no longerthe ship’s rail (the traditional FOB-point) but rather a point on land, prior to loading on board a vessel, where goods were stored in a container for subsequent transport by sea or by different meansof transport in combination.
1990 – The clauses dealing with the seller’s obligation to provide proof of delivery permitted a replacement of paper documentation by EDI-messages provided the partieshad agreed to communicate electronically.
2000 - (1) the placing of the export clearance under FAS on the seller (previously on the buyer); (2) the specification of the seller’s obligation to loadthe goods on the buyer’s collecting vehicle and the buyer’s obligation to receive the seller’s arriving vehicle unloaded under FCA.
Revision of the Incoterms rules is initially entrusted to a...
Definition:
International commercial terms. Thirteen terms of sale accepted worldwide in assignment of costs and responsibilities between the buyer and the seller. Proposed, updated,and copyrighted by the International Chamber Of Commerce (ICC), they serve as global standards for uniform interpretation of common contract clauses in international trade. The last revision (1999) isnamed 'INCOTERMS 2000.'
History and Evolution (Revisions):
The Incoterms was first conceived by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in 1921, and brought to fruition with the firstIncoterms rules in 1936. This set in motion a long and vibrant history of Incoterms publications that continues today with Incoterms 2010, which will go into effect 1 January 2011.A Trade Terms Committeewith the assistance of the ICC National Committees developed the first six rules in 1923: FOB, FAS, FOT, FOR, Free Delivered CIF and C&F, which were the precursor of what would later be known as theIncoterms rules.
Some significant revisions include:
1980 –FCA was introduced in order to provide a rule that dealt with the frequent case where the reception point in maritime trade was no longerthe ship’s rail (the traditional FOB-point) but rather a point on land, prior to loading on board a vessel, where goods were stored in a container for subsequent transport by sea or by different meansof transport in combination.
1990 – The clauses dealing with the seller’s obligation to provide proof of delivery permitted a replacement of paper documentation by EDI-messages provided the partieshad agreed to communicate electronically.
2000 - (1) the placing of the export clearance under FAS on the seller (previously on the buyer); (2) the specification of the seller’s obligation to loadthe goods on the buyer’s collecting vehicle and the buyer’s obligation to receive the seller’s arriving vehicle unloaded under FCA.
Revision of the Incoterms rules is initially entrusted to a...
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