"The most common abbreviations are:
- cif (cost, insurance, freight): Delivery free on board at the port of unloading including insurance and freight to the port of discharge; the buyer bears the transportation risk.
- fob (free on board): Seller must deliver the goods free on board the ship to be presented by the buyer.
- fr.F. (free on board): Seller shall deliver the goods free of charge into the truck.
- ffr (carriage paid): Seller shall deliver the goods free of charge to the agreed place, buyer shall bear the risk of transportation.
- carriage paid: the seller must bear the transportation risk and freight costs to the agreed location (the weight and quality delivered are decisive).
- ex St. (ex station): Buyer bears freight costs from the agreed location, can also be from the farmer's yard (loaded weight and quality are decisive).
- fca (free carrier): Seller undertakes to hand over the goods to a carrier at the named place and clear them for export. From this point on, the buyer bears the costs and risks of transportation."
