Glossary term

DDU

A withdrawn Incoterms rule, replaced by DAP in 2010 — still widely quoted despite no longer existing.

By Taher Batterywala · Founder and editor · Updated 4 Aug 2026

Delivered Duty Unpaid. Removed from the Incoterms rules in the 2010 revision and replaced by DAP.

It persists in contracts and quotations more than a decade later, particularly in e-commerce shipping. Because it no longer forms part of the published rules, a contract citing DDU without defining it leaves the parties to argue about what it meant - which is a good reason to write DAP instead.