Free Carrier (FCA)

Free Carrier (FCA) is a term under which the seller hands goods over at an agreed location to the carrier or person the buyer designates, and risk passes to the buyer at that point.

Under FCA Incoterms®, the seller delivers and transfers the risks for loss of or damage of the goods to the buyer at the agreed location, once the goods are delivered to the carrier or to the designated person by the buyer.

See also

• Incoterms
• Ex Works (EXW)
• Carriage Paid To (CPT)
• Transfer of risk

More incoterms terms

• Carriage and Insurance Paid To (CIP)
• Cost and Freight (CFR)
• Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF)
• Delivered at Place (DAP)
• Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU)
• Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)

Go further

• Incoterms 2020 selector

Definitions are general information, not legal advice. Rules differ by country; check the source and the current regulation before you act on one.