FOB means Freight On Board.
Essentially it is used to indicate that a purchaser of goods that must be transported is responsible to pay for the freight.
Yes FOB can mean that, but its also the slang term for Fresh Off the Boat. Meaning they're new to the country, or just have an accent. Teens these days use the term FOB all the time.
In the military, FOB can also stand for Forward Operating Base.
In US politics, FOB was a slang term for "Friend of Bill" (Clinton).
The word "fob" means the chain attached to a pocketwatch.
- CIF is Cost, Insurance and Freight - FOB is Free on Board
FOB means Freight on Board. It means the seller is responsible to load the freight on the truck and the buyer is responsible to pay the freight costs from the dock to the destination. Prices are sometimes followed by FOB . For example car prices are listed as FOB Detroit. This means the price without shipping added.
FOB means "Free on Board." It requires the purchaser to pay freight from wherever it says after "FOB." Ningo is an area in Ghana. So...FOB NINGO means you have to pay the freight bill from the shipper in Ningo, Ghana, to your loading dock.
FOB Destination means that the seller owns the goods until the buyer receives them. Therefore, the seller pays the shipping costs. FOB Shipping means that the buyer owns the goods once they are shipped. Therefore, the buyer pays the shipping costs.
The abbreviation FOB in the shipping industry means Free on Board or Freight on Board. The invoice that has this abbreviation on it means that the seller is paying for the freight charges.
FOB (Freight On Board) Destination and FOB Shipping specifies whether the buyer or seller owns the goods, and therefore, who pays for the shipping and includes the items in their inventory. FOB Destination means that the seller owns the goods until the buyer receives them. Therefore, the seller pays the shipping costs. FOB Shipping means that the buyer owns the goods once they are shipped. Therefore, the buyer pays the shipping costs.
The abbreviation FOB means Free on Board. That means freight and insurance have not been taken into consideration while calculating export pricing. In fact under FOB shipment, the freight is payable by the buyer at destination. Insurance coverage is arranged before hand by the buyer.
That means they will be responsible for shipping to port of Shanghai, then you are responsible for transportation from there .
FOB shipping means the purchaser is paying the shipping charges. If you are the seller debit the charge to the buyer and credit the charge to the shipping company.
CIF Means :- cost ,insurance & freight charges beared by exporter & FOB means free on board exporter will beared the charges till shipment & after that he will be not responsible for any charges related to consighnment.
Free on Board - This term means the delivery will be made with no charge to the buyer.
When shipping imports, the acronym FOB stands for "Freight on Board". FIS means "Free in Store", and CNF is for "Cost and Freight".