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A numbered checklist of every document the seller and buyer must prepare for an FOB shipment out of Bangladesh, with owners, timing and the on-board proof that closes the seller's delivery obligation.
An FOB price covers the goods and the seller costs up to loading on board at the named port. This guide breaks down each included and excluded line, with a labelled example, so you can compare quotes on the same basis.
FAS shipping from Bangladesh, explained from the factory gate to the ship's side: the alongside-vessel handover at Chittagong and Mongla, who pays for loading, freight and insurance, and the mistakes that strand cargo at the quay.
Under FCA the buyer pays main-carriage freight from the delivery point. How FCL and LCL freight is calculated, which surcharges apply, and who pays origin and destination charges on shipments from Bangladesh.
Seven FCA mistakes importers make when buying from Bangladesh, what each one costs, and the contract fix for each, from the named place and loading to insurance, clearance and delivery proof.
FCA for air freight: when airport handover and courier delivery fit, what the air waybill proves, and when CPT, CIP or DAP is the better term.
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 printable FCA document checklist for shipments out of Bangladesh: commercial invoice, packing list, shipping bill, EXP form, certificate of origin, transport document and buyer import papers, split by seller and buyer, 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.
EXW for small importers: a first-order go or no-go test, a comparison with FCA and FOB, and a pre-acceptance checklist for a first order from Bangladesh.
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.
