{"id":729,"date":"2023-05-05T12:59:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T12:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/2023\/05\/05\/difference-between-fob-and-cif\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:00:07","slug":"difference-between-fob-and-cif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/shipping\/difference-between-fob-and-cif\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the difference between FOB and CIF?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"729\" class=\"elementor elementor-729\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8a79921 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8a79921\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5185c2c1\" data-id=\"5185c2c1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-649553f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"649553f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In today&#8217;s globalized economy, international trade has become an essential aspect of business for many companies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However,\u00a0<\/span>the <strong>complex procedures, regulations, and terms involved<\/strong> in international trade can make it challenging for businesses to navigate the process.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As international trade involves complex procedures and regulations, understanding the difference between<strong> FOB<\/strong> and <strong>CIF<\/strong> is <\/span>crucial for businesses.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FOB and CIF are important trade <strong>terms<\/strong> used in international shipping that determine the<strong> obligations, risks, and costs<\/strong> between the seller and buyer during the transportation of goods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article aims to explain the <strong>difference<\/strong> between FOB and CIF, making it easier for businesses to make informed decisions when transporting goods internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/shipping\/difference-between-fob-and-cif\/#more-729\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading What&#8217;s the difference between FOB and CIF?\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s globalized economy, international trade has become an essential aspect of business for many companies.\u00a0 However,\u00a0the complex procedures, regulations, and terms involved in international trade can make it challenging for businesses to navigate the process. As international trade involves complex procedures and regulations, understanding the difference between FOB and CIF is crucial for businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shipping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docshipper.us\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}