DDP Shipping From China to Poland

What DDP Means for Poland

On a Poland shipment, where customs is administered by Krajowa Administracja Skarbowa (KAS), the National Revenue Administration and import VAT runs at 23%, Delivered Duty Paid is an Incoterms rule under which the seller — or, in a freight context, the forwarder contracted on that basis — carries the shipment through to a named destination and is responsible for the duty and tax arising at import. It is the most comprehensive scope available and the one that gives an importer a single landed figure.

What Poland DDP Shipping Includes

• Collection from the supplier in China
• Export handling and documentation
• International freight by the agreed mode
• Customs clearance at destination
• Customs duty and import VAT
• Final delivery to the named address

DDP Does Not Remove Poland Duty or Tax

This is the most common misunderstanding. DDP does not remove duty or import VAT — Poland still applies 23% VAT and duty according to the commodity code. DDP means those charges are the forwarder's responsibility and are built into the quoted price, so the importer sees one figure instead of several.

When DDP Fits Poland Imports

DDP suits importers who want one accountable party and a predictable landed cost, particularly those without their own EORI registration or customs representation at destination. It is less suitable where the importer wants to control the declaration directly, or where postponed VAT accounting is being used for cash-flow reasons.

What DDP Looks Like for Poland

Gdansk handles the largest share of Poland's China-origin container traffic, with Gdynia serving northern Poland and Szczecin-Swinoujscie serving the west. Because these are Baltic ports, services frequently connect through a North European hub before the final Baltic leg, so transit planning should allow for the feeder connection. Poland's road and rail network then carries cargo onward into Central and Eastern Europe, which is why a substantial share of Polish imports is redistributed beyond the Polish border.

Under a DDP scope for Poland, duty and import VAT are calculated on exactly the same basis as on any other import — customs value on a CIF basis plus duty, with import VAT at 23%. DDP changes only who accounts for those charges and when: they are built into the door-to-door price rather than invoiced separately on arrival. Nothing about the routing above is altered by choosing DDP.