DPU
DPU (Delivered at Place Unloaded) is the Incoterm where the seller delivers the goods and unloads them at the named place of destination, bearing all cost and risk up to and including unloading. It is the only Incoterm that obliges the seller to unload the goods at the destination.
Introduced in Incoterms 2020 to replace DAT (Delivered at Terminal), DPU broadens the concept so the named place can be any location, not just a terminal. As with DAP, the buyer handles import clearance and duties. It can be used with any mode of transport, provided the seller can arrange unloading at the destination.
DPU is the term to use when unloading at the destination is the seller's job — for example delivering equipment that must come off the truck at the buyer's site. Because the seller bears risk through unloading, they must be confident they can actually unload at the named place; otherwise DAP (delivered ready for unloading) is safer.
What did DPU replace?
It replaced DAT (Delivered at Terminal) in Incoterms 2020, extending it to any named place, not just a terminal.
How does DPU differ from DAP?
Under DPU the seller unloads the goods at the destination; under DAP the buyer unloads.