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Incoterms

Seller delivers to named carrier or place, cleared for export. Risk transfers at handover.

Sources

1. International Chamber of Commerce — Incoterms® rules iccwbo.org accessed 17 September 2026
2. International Chamber of Commerce — Incoterms® 2020 iccwbo.org accessed 17 September 2026

The ICC records that FCA was revised in the 2020 edition to address “situations where goods are sold FCA for carriage by sea” and the bill of lading requirements that arise there — the change most likely to affect a seller who used FCA under the 2010 rules.

The International Chamber of Commerce writes and owns the Incoterms® rules. The claim sourced above is one the ICC states on its own pages; any further detail in the definition is this lexicon’s working summary, because ICC publishes the rules themselves as a paid edition and its free pages do not set out each rule’s obligations in full.

Related terms

• Carriage and Insurance Paid To
• Carriage Paid To
• Cost and Freight
• Cost Insurance Freight
• Delivered at Place
• Delivered at Place Unloaded

From the AJG lexicon archive (July 2026).