FOB Qingdao is the truck at the Chinese port, loaded. CIF adds ocean freight and insurance to your port — not customs duty, not last-mile, not port storage.
Typical adders
- Ocean: Ro-Ro or container, lane-dependent
- Insurance: usually 110% of invoice value
- Not included: destination duty, clearing, transport inland
Transit
West Africa (Lagos, Tema) and East Africa (Mombasa, Dar) commonly 25–40 days after the vessel sails. Yard work sits in front of that clock.