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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.247-44 F.o.b. Designated Air Carrier's Terminal, Point of Importation.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause defines the delivery term 'f.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of importation' as delivery free of expense to the Government at the air carrier's terminal at the point of importation stated in the contract. It matters because it spells out the contractor's packing, documentation, delivery, and cost responsibilities, and keeps the contractor liable for loss or damage until the goods reach the Government at that terminal.

Applies to: Contractors under solicitations or contracts using this f.o.b. delivery term

What it requires

  • Pack and mark the shipment to comply with contract specifications, or if none, prepare it for air transportation per carrier requirements to protect the goods
  • Prepare and distribute bills of lading or air waybills
  • Deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the contract's specified point of delivery
  • Pay and bear all charges up to the specified point of delivery, including transportation costs, export/import or other fees or taxes, landing costs, customs duties, and costs of certificates of origin, consular invoices, or other required documents

Key terms: f.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of importation · point of importation · bills of lading · air waybills · point of delivery

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 47.303-16(c), insert the following clause in solicitations and contracts when the delivery term is f.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of importation:

F.o.b. Designated Air Carrier's Terminal, Point of Importation (APR 1984)

(a) The term f.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of importation, as used in this clause, means free of expense to the Government delivered to the air carrier's terminal at the point of importation specified in the contract.

(b) The Contractor shall—

(1)(i) Pack and mark the shipment to comply with contract specifications; or

(ii) In the absence of specifications, prepare the shipment for air transportation in conformance with carrier requirements to protect the goods;

(2) Prepare and distribute bills of lading or air waybills;

(3)(i) Deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the contract; and

(ii) Pay and bear all charges incurred up to the point of delivery specified in the contract, including transportation costs; export, import, or other fees or taxes; cost of landing, if any; customs duties; and costs of certificates of origin, consular invoices, or other documents that may be required for exportation or importation; and

(4) Be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods until delivery of the goods to the Government at the designated air carrier's terminal.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 47.303-16 F.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of importation.

Sections that refer to it

  • 47.303-16 F.o.b. designated air carrier's terminal, point of importation.

← 52.247-43 F.o.b. Designated Air Carrier's Terminal, Point of Exportation. · 52.247-45 F.o.b. Origin and/or F.o.b. Destination Evaluation. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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