As of 1st January 2000 a new set of Incoterms will apply. Included in these are six revisions which should be noted. Incoterms 2000 revisions mean that delivery now takes place on the premises of the buyer where the arriving cargoes are discharged from the delivering vehicle. If delivery takes place elsewhere, delivery is completed by loading the cargo onto the vehicle sent by the buyer to collect the goods. DDU Delivered Duty Unpaid - previously the buyer paid the import duty up to a named place in the country of importation.
Delivery now takes place on the premises of the buyer, still loaded on the arriving vehicle.
If delivery takes place elsewhere, delivery is completed by loading the cargo onto the vehicle sent by the buyer to collect the goods. The buyer is now responsible. If there is more than one loading area at the sellers premises the seller has the option to designate any one of them for loading. This defines two possibilities. Delivery to the carrier at the premises of the seller, when the latter is under the obligation to load the cargo onto the vehicle of the carrier.