Glossary Discription

Delivered at Frontier (DAF) is a discontinued international trade term (Incoterm) that specified the seller’s obligation to deliver goods to a named point at the frontier, typically a border location, before the customs boundary of the importing country. Under DAF terms, the seller fulfilled their delivery obligation when the goods were made available to the buyer at the specified frontier location, cleared for export but not yet cleared for import. The seller bore all costs and risks associated with transporting the goods to the named frontier point, while the buyer assumed responsibility for import clearance, duties, taxes, and all subsequent transportation costs and risks. DAF was officially removed from the Incoterms rules in the 2010 revision and replaced by Delivered at Place (DAP) and Delivered at Terminal (DAT), now known as Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU) in Incoterms 2020.

Key Characteristics

• Delivery and Risk Transfer Point
• Seller’s Obligations
• Buyer’s Obligations
• Mode of Transport and Geographic Application
• Discontinuation and Replacement