Your Battery Pack Incoterm Decides Who Pays Freight and Duty
One pack price, four Incoterms, four landed costs. How to rebuild a lithium-ion pack quote into a DDP-equivalent cost per unit before it enters your TCO model.
Logistics, Dangerous Goods & Customs
Ship cells and finished packs correctly, from classification and declarations through customs paperwork and Incoterms.
The Incoterm in Your Pack Quote Is Distorting the Lead Time You Compare
EXW, FOB, and DDP quotes measure lead time from different events. Here is how to convert every pack quote to one dock-date basis before you compare.
Does Your Invoice Describe Both the Packs and the Equipment?
On a UN 3481 shipment the commercial invoice must describe the battery packs and the equipment separately, carry the UN number, and match the transport document.
The Certification Papers a Lithium Battery Shipment Cannot Leave Without
A UN 38.3 test summary and a dangerous goods declaration only work if they describe the same battery. Here is how to keep the two documents in agreement.