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title: "Origin Charge"
description: "Origin charges pay for items and services provided before a shipment has departed the origin seaport or airport. Whether the importer or supplier pays depends on the incoterm the shipment moves under."
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# Origin Charge

Origin charges pay for items and services provided before a shipment has departed the origin seaport or airport. Whether the importer or supplier pays depends on the incoterm the shipment moves under.

## What are origin charges?

Origin charges pay for items and services provided before a shipment has departed the origin seaport or airport.

### Who pays origin charges?

Whether or not the importer is responsible for paying origin charges depends on the [incoterms](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/incoterms/) that the shipment is moving under. If the shipment is moving under [EXW](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/incoterm-ex-works/) terms, for example, Flexport will invoice the importer for origin charges, because Flexport will be handling the shipment from the supplier’s premises.

Some of these origin charges may include:

- [AMS fee](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/automated-manifest-system/)

- [CFS fee ](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/container-freight-station-fee/)

- Export Customs clearance

- Origin document fee (covers the cost of issuing and sending [bills of lading](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/bill-of-lading-bol-or-b-l/))

The importer and their supplier should agree who is responsible for which costs before the shipment begins.

Back to the [full glossary](https://www.flex.thisisbrew.com/glossary/).

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