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X12 - FOB - F.O.B Related Instructions
X12 - FOB - F.O.B Related Instructions
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Written by Micah A. Parker
Updated over a week ago

Product: X12 EDI

Segment: FOB


FOB - F.O.B. Related Instructions

To specify transportation instructions relating to shipment


Schema


Element

Name

Min/Max

Shipment Method of Payment

2/2

Location Qualifier

1/2

Description

1/1

Transportation Terms Qualifier Code

2/2

Transportation Terms Code

3/3

Location Qualifier

1/2

Description

1/1

Risk of Loss Code

2/2

Description

1/1


FOB01 - Shipment Method of Payment


TYPE=ID MIN=2 MAX=2

Code identifying payment terms for transportation charges

Code

Description

11

Rule 11 Shipment

BP

Paid by Buyer

The buyer agrees to the transportation payment term requiring the buyer to pay transportation charges to a specified location (origin or destination location)

CA

Advance Collect

CC

Collect

CD

Collect on Delivery

CF

Collect, Freight Credited Back to Customer

CN

Cost and Freight

DD

Delivered Duty Paid

DE

Per Contract

Destination with exceptions as agreed between buyer and seller

DF

Defined by Buyer and Seller

FO

FOB Port of Call

HP

Half Prepaid

MX

Mixed

NC

Service Freight, No Charge

NR

Non Revenue

PA

Advance Prepaid

PB

Customer Pickup/Backhaul

PC

Prepaid but Charged to Customer

PD

Prepaid by Processor

Identifies the processor as the party responsible for transportation charges for the shipment

PE

Prepaid and Summary Bill

PL

Prepaid Local, Collect Outstate

PO

Prepaid Only

PP

Prepaid (by Seller)

PS

Paid by Seller

The seller agrees to the transportation payment term requiring the seller to pay transportation charges to a specified location (origin or destination location)

PU

Pickup

RC

Return Container Freight Paid by Customer

RF

Return Container Freight Free

RS

Return Container Freight Paid by Supplier

SD

Free Domicile (Shipper pays duty, tax and freight)

TP

Third Party Pay

WC

Weight Condition


FOB02 - Location Qualifier


TYPE=ID MIN=1 MAX=2

Code identifying type of location

Code

Description

A

Jurisdiction to Receive Credit for Uniform Commercial Code Filing

B

Transmitting Utility

C

Consignor

D

Census Schedule D

E

Uniform Commercial Code Filing Office

F

Current Address

G

Census Block Group

H

Home Address

I

Home Base Address

J

Census Tract

K

Census Schedule K

L

Local Address

M

Mailing Address

O

Office Address

P

Permanent Address

Q

Birthplace

W

Worldwide Geographic Location Code

10

Nearest Cross Street

11

Secondary Cross Street

12

Range

13

Section

14

Quarter Section

18

Marker Identifier Location

19

Route

20

Route Subdivision

21

Grid Location

22

Page

27

Marker Type

28

Latitude-Longitude Source

29

Map Source

30

Map Reference

31

Grid Source

32

Aliquot

33

Block

34

District

35

Drainhole Number

36

City Block

38

Footage Call Direction

39

Location Direction

40

Outer Continental Lease Location

41

Lot

42

Map Quadrangle

43

Principal Meridian

44

Outer Continental Shelf Area

45

Outer Continental Shelf Block

46

Official Protraction Diagram

47

Quarter Quarter Quarter Section

48

Quarter Quarter Section

49

Section Type

50

Abstract

52

Labor

53

League

54

Survey

55

Tier

57

Tract

58

Universal Transverse Mercator Quadrant

59

Course Direction

60

Area

93

Sender's Location Code

94

Receiver's Location Code

A1

Office

AA

Annual Statements Mailing Address

AC

City and State

AP

All Points

AR

Armed Services Location Designation

B1

Branch

BE

Business Economic Area (BEA) Region Code

BL

Government Bill of Lading Office Code (GBLOC)

BS

Place of Business

C2

Geopolitical Name Code

CA

Country of Origin

CB

Confirmation Mailing Address

CC

Country

CD

Canada Customs Office Code

CE

Correspondence Mailing Address

CG

Congressional District

CI

City

CL

National Rate Basis (NRB)

CM

Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA)

CO

County/Parish and State

CR

In Tank Car

CS

Canadian SPLC

CY

County/Parish

DC

Distribution Center Number

DE

Destination (Shipping)

DL

Delivery Location

DO

District Office

DP

Department

DR

District of Residence

DT

Domicile Type Code

EA

Event Location

EB

Borough

EL

Employer Location

FA

Factory

FE

Freight Equalization Point

FF

Foreign Freight Forwarder Location

FI

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 55 (Named Populated Places)

FR

U.S. Custom's Facilities Information and Resource Management Systems (FIRMS)

FS

Freight Station Accounting Code

FT

Foreign Trade Zone

FV

Free Alongside Vessel (Free On Board [F.O.B.] Point)

GL

Freight Station Geographic Location

IA

International Air Transport Association (IATA) Location Qualifier

IB

Issue Location

IM

Military Standard Movement Procedures (MILSTAMP)

IP

Postal

IS

In Store

IT

Intermediate FOB Point

KE

Port of Embarkation

KL

Port of Loading

KP

Government Furnished Property FOB Point

LO

Local Office

MI

Mill

MO

Main Campus

MS

Metropolitan Sampling Area (MSA) Region Code

MZ

Mexican Postal Code

NS

City/State from Points

OA

Origin (After Loading on Equipment)

OF

Other Unlisted Free On Board (FOB) Point

OL

Open and Prepay Station List Code(SCAC & Number)

OP

Other Unlisted Acceptance Point

OR

Origin (Shipping Point)

OV

On Vessel (Free On Board [FOB] point)

PA

Port of Arrival

PB

Port of Discharge

PC

Policy Mailing Address

PD

Place of Delivery

PE

Port of Entry

PF

Parents Address

PG

Primary

PH

Prior Business

PL

Plant

PM

Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA)

PO

Principal Servicing Office

PP

Pool Point

PQ

3 Digit U.S. ZIP

PR

4 Digit U.S. ZIP

PS

5 Digit U.S. ZIP

PT

3 Digit Canadian Postal Code

PU

6 Digit Canadian Postal Code

PV

9 DIGIT U.S. ZIP

PZ

11 DIGIT U.S. ZIP

RA

Rate Area Code

RC

In Rail Car

RE

Regional Education Service Agency

RG

Region Code

RJ

Region

RL

Rural

RS

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

RT

Route Administrative Message To

SA

Secondary

SB

Suburban

SC

City/State and Points Within

SD

School District

SE

Summer

SG

Storage

SH

School Campus Code

SL

U.S. SPLC

SN

Store Number

SP

State/Province

SS

School

ST

In Storage Tank

SW

Switching District

TA

Tank

TC

Transcontinental Freight Bureau

TI

Tribal Land

TL

Terminal Cargo Location

TM

Terminal

TN

Township

TP

Temporary

TR

Rail Territory

TX

Taxing District

UN

United Nations Location Code (UNLOCODE)

UR

Urban

UT

Business Unit

VA

Vacation

VI

Village

VS

Vessel Stowage Location

WF

Wharf

WH

Warehouse

WI

Winter

X1

National Center for Education Statistics Locale Code

ZN

Zone Code

ZZ

Mutually Defined


FOB03 - Description


TYPE=AN MIN=1 MAX=80

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content


FOB04 - Transportation Terms Qualifier Code


TYPE=ID MIN=2 MAX=2

Code identifying the source of the transportation terms

Code

Description

01

Incoterms

02

Trade Terms Code

ZZ

Mutually Defined


FOB05 - Transportation Terms Code


TYPE=ID MIN=3 MAX=3

Code identifying the trade terms which apply to the shipment transportation responsibility

Code

Description

CFR

Cost and Freight

Seller pays cost and freight to named port of destination; buyer assumes all risks of loss and damage and additional costs incurred once goods are delivered on board the vessel; these are assumed by the buyer when the goods pass over the rail of the ship at the port of shipment

CIF

Cost, Insurance, and Freight

Seller pays cost and freight to named port of destination; buyer assumes all risks of loss and damage and additional costs incurred once goods are delivered onboard the vessel; risks are assumed by the buyer when the goods pass over the rail of the ship at the port of shipment; seller must in addition procure (i.e. contract and pay for) marine insurance against the buyer's risk of loss or damage during shipment

CIP

Carriage and Insurance Paid To

Seller pays cost and freight to named port of destination; buyer assumes all risk of damage or loss and additional costs incurred once goods are delivered on board the vessel; these risks are assumed by the buyer when the goods pass over the rail of the ship at the port of shipment; seller must procure (i.e. contract and pay for) marine insurance against the buyer's risk of loss or damage during carriage; seller must in addition procure (i.e. contract and pay for) cargo insurance against the buyer's risk of loss or damage to the goods during carriage

CPT

Carriage Paid To

Seller pays freight charges named to destination; the risk of loss or damage to the goods, as well as any additional costs due to events occurring after the time the goods have been delivered to other carrier, is transferred from the seller to the buyer when the goods have been delivered into the custody of the carrier

DAF

Delivered at Frontier

Seller fulfills obligation to deliver when goods have been made available, cleared for export, at the named point and place at the frontier, but before the border of the adjoining country

DDP

Delivered Duty Paid

Seller bears costs and risks involved in bringing goods to the named place in the country of importation including duties, taxes, and other official charges payable upon import

DDU

Deliver Duty Unpaid

Seller bears costs and risks involved in bringing goods to the named place in country of importation exclusive of duties, taxes, or other official charges payable upon import, and the costs and risks of carrying out import formalities

DEQ

Delivered Ex Quay

Seller bears all costs and risks involved, including duties, taxes, and other charges involved in delivering the goods to the quay (wharf) at the named port of destination, cleared for import; seller's obligation ends when the goods are available to the buyer on the quay (this term used only for sea or inland waterway shipments)

DES

Delivered Ex Ship

Seller bears all costs and risks involved in bringing goods to the named port of destination; seller's obligation ends when goods are available to buyer on board the ship uncleared for import at named port of destination (this term used only for sea or inland waterway shipments)

DOM

Domestically Supplied

Duty paid at the border, making the material equivalent to being supplied by a domestic source

DUP

Delivered; Duty Unpaid

Seller bears costs and risks involved in bringing goods to a named place in the country of importation as well as risks and costs of carrying out customs formalities, but excluding duties, taxes, and other official changes payable upon importation

EXQ

Ex Quay

EXS

Ex Ship

EXW

Ex Works

Buyer bears all costs and risks in taking the goods from the seller's premises to the desired location

FAS

Free Alongside Ship

Seller's obligation ends when goods have been placed alongside the vessel on the quay or in lighters at the named port of shipment; buyer bears all costs and risks thereafter

FCA

Free Carrier

Seller fulfills his obligation when goods are handed over, cleared for export, and into the charge of the carrier named by the buyer at the named place or location

FCI

Freight Carriage and Insurance Paid To

FCP

Freight Carriage Paid To

FOB

Free on Board

FOR

Free on Rail

FOT

Free on Truck

NPF

Non-privileged Foreign

Duty not paid at the border and in the U. S. Customs category of "non-privileged foreign"

PPF

Privileged Foreign

Duty not paid at the border and in the U. S. Customs category of "privileged foreign"

ZZZ

Mutually Defined


FOB06 - Location Qualifier


TYPE=ID MIN=1 MAX=2

Code identifying type of location

Code

Description

A

Jurisdiction to Receive Credit for Uniform Commercial Code Filing

B

Transmitting Utility

C

Consignor

D

Census Schedule D

E

Uniform Commercial Code Filing Office

F

Current Address

G

Census Block Group

H

Home Address

I

Home Base Address

J

Census Tract

K

Census Schedule K

L

Local Address

M

Mailing Address

O

Office Address

P

Permanent Address

Q

Birthplace

W

Worldwide Geographic Location Code

10

Nearest Cross Street

11

Secondary Cross Street

12

Range

13

Section

14

Quarter Section

18

Marker Identifier Location

19

Route

20

Route Subdivision

21

Grid Location

22

Page

27

Marker Type

28

Latitude-Longitude Source

29

Map Source

30

Map Reference

31

Grid Source

32

Aliquot

33

Block

34

District

35

Drainhole Number

36

City Block

38

Footage Call Direction

39

Location Direction

40

Outer Continental Lease Location

41

Lot

42

Map Quadrangle

43

Principal Meridian

44

Outer Continental Shelf Area

45

Outer Continental Shelf Block

46

Official Protraction Diagram

47

Quarter Quarter Quarter Section

48

Quarter Quarter Section

49

Section Type

50

Abstract

52

Labor

53

League

54

Survey

55

Tier

57

Tract

58

Universal Transverse Mercator Quadrant

59

Course Direction

60

Area

93

Sender's Location Code

94

Receiver's Location Code

A1

Office

AA

Annual Statements Mailing Address

AC

City and State

AP

All Points

AR

Armed Services Location Designation

B1

Branch

BE

Business Economic Area (BEA) Region Code

BL

Government Bill of Lading Office Code (GBLOC)

BS

Place of Business

C2

Geopolitical Name Code

CA

Country of Origin

CB

Confirmation Mailing Address

CC

Country

CD

Canada Customs Office Code

CE

Correspondence Mailing Address

CG

Congressional District

CI

City

CL

National Rate Basis (NRB)

CM

Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (CMSA)

CO

County/Parish and State

CR

In Tank Car

CS

Canadian SPLC

CY

County/Parish

DC

Distribution Center Number

DE

Destination (Shipping)

DL

Delivery Location

DO

District Office

DP

Department

DR

District of Residence

DT

Domicile Type Code

EA

Event Location

EB

Borough

EL

Employer Location

FA

Factory

FE

Freight Equalization Point

FF

Foreign Freight Forwarder Location

FI

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 55 (Named Populated Places)

FR

U.S. Custom's Facilities Information and Resource Management Systems (FIRMS)

FS

Freight Station Accounting Code

FT

Foreign Trade Zone

FV

Free Alongside Vessel (Free On Board [F.O.B.] Point)

GL

Freight Station Geographic Location

IA

International Air Transport Association (IATA) Location Qualifier

IB

Issue Location

IM

Military Standard Movement Procedures (MILSTAMP)

IP

Postal

IS

In Store

IT

Intermediate FOB Point

KE

Port of Embarkation

KL

Port of Loading

KP

Government Furnished Property FOB Point

LO

Local Office

MI

Mill

MO

Main Campus

MS

Metropolitan Sampling Area (MSA) Region Code

MZ

Mexican Postal Code

NS

City/State from Points

OA

Origin (After Loading on Equipment)

OF

Other Unlisted Free On Board (FOB) Point

OL

Open and Prepay Station List Code(SCAC & Number)

OP

Other Unlisted Acceptance Point

OR

Origin (Shipping Point)

OV

On Vessel (Free On Board [FOB] point)

PA

Port of Arrival

PB

Port of Discharge

PC

Policy Mailing Address

PD

Place of Delivery

PE

Port of Entry

PF

Parents Address

PG

Primary

PH

Prior Business

PL

Plant

PM

Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (PMSA)

PO

Principal Servicing Office

PP

Pool Point

PQ

3 Digit U.S. ZIP

PR

4 Digit U.S. ZIP

PS

5 Digit U.S. ZIP

PT

3 Digit Canadian Postal Code

PU

6 Digit Canadian Postal Code

PV

9 DIGIT U.S. ZIP

PZ

11 DIGIT U.S. ZIP

RA

Rate Area Code

RC

In Rail Car

RE

Regional Education Service Agency

RG

Region Code

RJ

Region

RL

Rural

RS

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

RT

Route Administrative Message To

SA

Secondary

SB

Suburban

SC

City/State and Points Within

SD

School District

SE

Summer

SG

Storage

SH

School Campus Code

SL

U.S. SPLC

SN

Store Number

SP

State/Province

SS

School

ST

In Storage Tank

SW

Switching District

TA

Tank

TC

Transcontinental Freight Bureau

TI

Tribal Land

TL

Terminal Cargo Location

TM

Terminal

TN

Township

TP

Temporary

TR

Rail Territory

TX

Taxing District

UN

United Nations Location Code (UNLOCODE)

UR

Urban

UT

Business Unit

VA

Vacation

VI

Village

VS

Vessel Stowage Location

WF

Wharf

WH

Warehouse

WI

Winter

X1

National Center for Education Statistics Locale Code

ZN

Zone Code

ZZ

Mutually Defined


FOB07 - Description


TYPE=AN MIN=1 MAX=80

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content


FOB08 - Risk of Loss Code


TYPE=ID MIN=2 MAX=2

Code specifying where responsibility for risk of loss passes

Code

Description

BY

Risk of Loss in Transit to Destination is Buyer's

FE

Risk of Loss in Transit to Freight Equalization Point is Seller's

IM

Shared Risk and Investor Markets

IR

Investor Risk

LR

Lender Risk

PP

Risk of Loss in Transit to Pool Point is Seller's

SE

Risk of Loss in Transit to Destination is Seller's

SR

Shared Risk and Lender Markets

ZZ

Mutually Defined


FOB09 - Description


TYPE=AN MIN=1 MAX=80

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content


Comments


Syntax Notes

03

C0302 - If FOB03 is present, then FOB02 is required.

04

C0405 - If FOB04 is present, then FOB05 is required.

07

C0706 - If FOB07 is present, then FOB06 is required.

08

C0809 - If FOB08 is present, then FOB09 is required.

Semantic Notes

01

FOB01 indicates which party will pay the carrier.

02

FOB02 is the code specifying transportation responsibility location.

06

FOB06 is the code specifying the title passage location.

08

FOB08 is the code specifying the point at which the risk of loss transfers. This may be different than the location specified in FOB02/FOB03 and FOB06/FOB07.

rev 11/11/2024

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