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Under FAS, the seller pays only to delivery alongside the vessel. The buyer pays ocean freight and destination charges. This guide shows how to estimate each line, compare quotes, and avoid paying a charge twice.
Seven distinct FAS mistakes importers make on Bangladesh shipments, each with a concrete example and a fix, from unnamed delivery points and late vessel nominations to missing insurance and price-only budgeting.
What an FAS price from a Bangladeshi supplier includes and excludes, line by line, with a worked jute-yarn example from Chittagong and the buyer-side costs that follow.
FCA gives importers control of main carriage and insurance, but only pays off with a trusted forwarder and a precise named place. See when it wins, when it loses, and the checks to run before you agree it.
Shipping FCA from Bangladesh: agree the full named place, nominate the carrier early, and track the handover at Chattogram, Mongla or Dhaka airport, with the seller and buyer cost split explained.
A numbered QC checklist for corrugated cartons from Bangladesh: board and flute, ECT and burst reports, dimensions, scores, slots, joints, die-cut accuracy, print registration, and bundle and pallet checks, with fixes for common failures.
When risk passes under FCA, in one place: the named-place handover, the two delivery variants, and what happens when goods are damaged before, at, or after transfer, with a worked Gazipur example.
What an FCA price from a Bangladeshi supplier covers and what it leaves out: goods, export packing, delivery to the named place, and export clearance, with a worked example.
Seven EXW errors that turn a low headline price into a high landed cost: vague named places, unplanned loading, missing export clearance, insurance gaps, late collection and forgotten destination charges, each with a fix.
Detergents test against heading 3402: raw surfactants at 3402.31 to 3402.49 by class, finished preparations at 3402.50 for retail packs and 3402.90 in bulk, with the 3401 and Chapter 33 boundaries and US, EU and UK codes to confirm.
Finished herbal skin-care preparations are usually tested in indicative heading 3304, not a herbal heading: function, site of use, form, retail packing and the claim decide the line, and treatment preparations are tested as medicaments instead.
A numbered QC checklist for wooden furniture from Bangladesh: timber species and legality, moisture and stability, dimensions, joinery, finish, function, labels and packing, with fixes for common failures.
