delivered at frontier
delivered at frontier. A mercantile-contract term allocating the rights and duties of the buyer and the seller of goods with respect to delivery, payment, and risk of loss, whereby the seller must (1) clear the goods for export, (2) arrange and pay for transportation, and (3) deliver the goods to a specified place on the importing nation’s border. • The seller’s delivery is complete (and the risk of loss passes to the buyer) when the goods arrive at the designated point and are placed at the disposal of the buyer. This term is generally used when the delivery place is on land, but it places no explicit restrictions on the mode of carriage. If the delivery place is a border port and delivery is complete either onboard or alongside the vessel, the term delivered ex ship or delivered ex quay is preferred. — Abbr. DAF. Cf. DELIVERED EX SHIP; DELIVERED EX QUAY.
