New Changes In Group D (Arrival) Incoterms

NEW CHANGES IN GROUP D (ARRIVAL) INCOTERMS
As of January 1, 2011 the eighth edition, Incoterms 2010 have effect. The changes therein affect all of the five terms previously listed in section D,which are now obsolete and have been replaced with these three:
* DAT (Delivered at Terminal)
* DAP (Delivered at Place)
* DDP (Delivered Duty Paid)
The new terms apply to all modes oftransport.
Group D – Arrival
New arrival Incoterms have been discussed in the Incoterms 2010 brought out by the ICC and DAT and DAP have replaced DAF,DES,DEQ and DDU Given here is a small explanationprovided by the ICC Two new Incoterms rules – DAT and DAP – have replaced the Incoterms 2000 rules DAF, DES, DEQ and DDU
The number of Incoterms® rules has been reduced from 13 to 11. This has beenachieved by substituting two new rules that may be used irrespective of the agreed mode of transport – DAT, Delivered at Terminal, and DAP, Delivered at Place – for the Incoterms® 2000 rules DAF, DES, DEQand DDU.
Under both new rules, delivery occurs at a named destination: in DAT, at the buyer’s disposal unloaded from the arriving vehicle (as under the former DEQ rule); in DAP, likewise at thebuyer’s disposal, but ready for unloading (as under the former DAF, DES and DDU rules).
The new rules make the Incoterms® 2000 rules DES and DEQ superfluous. The named terminal in DAT may well be in a port,and DAT can therefore safely be used in cases where the Incoterms® 2000 rule DEQ once was. Likewise, the arriving “vehicle” under DAP may well be a ship and the named place of destination may well bea port: consequently, DAP can safely be used in cases where the Incoterms® 2000 rule DES once was. These new rules, like their predecessors, are “delivered”, with the seller bearing all the costs(other than those related to import clearance, where applicable) and risks involved in bringing the goods to the named place of destination.

DAF – Delivered At Frontier (Deliveplace)
This term...