Cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) is an expense paid by the seller and requires the seller to cover the costs, insurance, and freight of a buyer’s shipment while in transit to the vessel. The seller contracts and pays for the cost of freight and insurance to move the goods to the port of destination and is required to clear customs at the destination port. Ownership of the freight is transferred to the buyer when the goods are offloaded.

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