CIF and CIP are very similar but not identical. For the seller, CIF means to leave the merchandise within the depot of the ship, which is tied up in the destination port. This is the only possible situation because CIF Incoterms are only for maritime use. However, CIP Incoterms have much more flexibility since, besides for being usable with any type of transport mode and combination thereof, you may agree upon any point of your destination country for delivery.
Also, in CIF Incoterms the seller pays until the ship is tied up in the destination port, and with CIP the seller pays until the destination point whether it is an airport, a train terminal, a port, your client's home, a transporter..
cif will paid throw of shipper. fob will paid throw of buyer.
- CIF is Cost, Insurance and Freight - FOB is Free on Board
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CIP carriage and insurance paid to (named place of destination) Seller pays for carriage and insurance to the named destination point, but risk passes when the goods are handed over to the first carrier. This term can be used across all modes of transport.
The kind that happens when the people who sold you the goods pay the shipping.
cif will paid throw of shipper. fob will paid throw of buyer.
exw + FOB
Self-answered : CIF implies the risk to be transfered to the buyer as soon as the goods are on board, while the DES pushes this responsibility transfert to the destination port.
The key difference is that the main costs of carriage are paid for by buyer in a FOB contract, so he will take care of the vessel shipment. Under a CIF arrangement, the seller take this responsibility will deliver the contracted commodity at buyers destined location.
In shipping, CIF stands for Costs Insurance and Freight. DDP or DDP(U) stands for Delivered Duty Paid and Unpaid. The first refers to arranging the shipment and the other refers to the of cost of transporting the goods.
CIF Common Intermediate Format (352 pixels by 288 lines, 30 fps; 1.22:1) CIF Cost, Insurance & Freight (shipping) CIF Cadet Information File CIF California Interscholastic Federation CIF Caltech Intermediate Form CIF Canadian Institute of Forestry (Institut Forestière du Canada) CIF Candidate Item File CIF Capital Improvement Fee CIF Capital Improvement Fund CIF Cargo, Insurance and Freight CIF Cash In Fist CIF Catalog Interchange Format CIF Cells In Frames CIF Center for Individual Freedom CIF Central Index File CIF Central Intelligence File CIF Central Issue Facility CIF Centre des Impôts Foncier (French land tax) CIF Centro Italiano Femminile (Italian Center for Women) CIF Certified International Financier CIF CINC In-extremist Force CIF CINC Initiative Fund (DoD) CIF Clutter Improvement Factor (radar) CIF Código de Identificación Fiscal CIF Collaboratory Interoperability Framework CIF Common Image Format CIF Common Imagery Interoperable Facility CIF Common Interchange Format CIF Computer Is Frozen CIF Conseil Information Formation CIF Conseil International des Femmes CIF Consolidated Incineration Facility CIF Consolidated Incinerator Facility CIF Consolidated Issue Facility CIF Constraint Induced Fracture CIF Construction Industry Federation (Ireland) CIF Construction Innovation Forum CIF Controller Information File (military air traffic control) CIF Coordinated Instrumentation Facility CIF Core Interface Function (interface between SAP R/3 system and APO) CIF Corporate Information Factory CIF Corps Information Flow CIF Cost plus Incentive Fee (contract) CIF Cost, Insurance & Freight (logistics) CIF Council of International Fellowship CIF Critical Input File CIF Cumulative Incidence Function (reliability) CIF Cumulative Intensity Function CIF Customer Information File CIF Customer Install Feature CIF Caltech Intermediate Format CIF Chapter Information CIF Cost Insurance and Freight CIF Customer Installable Feature CIF Customization Input File
CIP = cummercial important person
With a DAT incoterm, the seller holds responsibility for the unloading of goods at the named 'terminal', and consequently carries the risk, title and associated costs during the unloading. Conversely, with the DAP incoterm, the buyer holds responsibility for the unloading of goods - the seller simply has to bring the goods to the named 'place' and make them available for the buyer to unload. That's the only real difference; the remainder of the definitions are worded almost identically.
The word "precipitate" contains the Latin root "cip," meaning "to throw or fall headlong."
"14kt cip" is most likely referring a piece of jewelry. "14kt" refers to the gold in the setting. Sometimes "CIP" is used as an abbreviation for the words "clip-on."
Cip Barcellini was born on November 2, 1937, in Borgomanero, Piedmont, Italy.
CIPP stands for = Cambridge International Primary Progress