Incoterms 2020 - International Trade Terms
On-line Workshop on Incoterms 2020 in Practice
When: 9 October 2026; from 09:00 CET TIME (Central European Time) - till 13:30 CET (half day course)
Where: Online (platform ZOOM)
Contents:
Master the complexities of global commerce with this intensive, half-day training designed to protect your business from costly errors through the practical application of ICC Incoterms® 2020 Rules and secure Sales Contracts. Tailored for traders, logistics experts, and bankers, this webinar will seamlessly align your delivery and payment terms while providing direct solutions to your specific trade challenges.
Practical Seminar on Incoterms 2020 for Trade Finance Practitioners:
This intensive, half-day training provides the critical know-how needed to secure international trade deals, focusing on the Contract of Sale and the updated ICC Incoterms® 2020 rules. The seminar is tailored for exporters, logistics specialists, banking professionals, and lawyers who need to eliminate technical risks, prevent costly ambiguities, and seamlessly align delivery conditions with international payment methods. Participants will gain practical insights through real-world scenarios and receive direct expert solutions to their specific business concerns.
Key benefits
• Risk elimination: Protect your business against costly technical errors and ambiguities.
• Practical application: Master the Incoterms® 2020 rules through real-world scenarios.
• Financial alignment: Connect delivery conditions seamlessly with international payment terms.
• Expert answers: Solve your specific doubts and worries during live discussions.
Legal safety: Secure your international sales contracts with the latest legal framework.
Who will benefit
• Traders: Exporters, importers, and corporate managers.
• Logistics experts: Carriers, freight forwarders, and cargo insurers.
• Bank professionals: Trade finance specialists, risk managers, and auditors.
• Legal specialists: Corporate lawyers, advocates, consultants, and business academics.
Lecturer: Bc. Pavel Andrle, LL.M.:
- International trade finance advisor, consultant and trainer — Founder, Owner and Director of Trade Finance Consulting, s.r.o. With decades of hands on experience, he helps banks and corporates turn complex documentary rules into reliable, day to day practice.
- Former trade finance banker with senior roles across documentary payments, guarantees and export/import finance. His practical banking background ensures advice that is both technically sound and operationally realistic.
- ICC leadership and expert roles — Secretary to the Banking Commission of ICC Czech Republic; frequent DOCDEX Expert at the ICC International Centre for ADR in Paris; member of the ICC Banking Commission Task Force on Guarantees and the Working Group on Digitalization of Trade Finance and also GSCFF.
- Trusted educator and author — Certified ICC trainer on Incoterms 2020, co-chair of the ICC Banking Commission ISBP Educational Project, frequent contributor to leading trade finance publications, and author of best selling practical guides Examination of Documents under Documentary Credits and Documentary Credits in Practice. His books demystify complex rules and give practitioners clear, usable procedures.

Programme:
08:30 – 09:00
09:00 – 09:05
09:05 – 10:50
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 - 13:00
13:00 – 13:30
13:30
Registration
Welcome - introduction to the course
Incoterms 2020 in Practice
- Delivery terms - best practices – Incoterms 2020
- Incoterms 2020 – what do they cover and what not?
- Incoterms 2020 as part of the contract of sale and relations with other relevant contracts
- Any mode or modes of transport, multimodal delivery terms
- Traditional sea transport v. containerized shipments
- discussion
Break
Incoterms 2020 in Practice
- FCA versus FOB, CPT and CIP v. CFR and CIF
- Cargo Insurance – main aspects to consider
- Institute Cargo Clauses A, B, C, additional risks covered
- Practical experience – focus on FAS, FOB, CFR and CIF, examples
- Each delivery condition and its linkage to the payment conditions
Incoterms 2020 in Practice
- Remaining Issues
- Questions and Answers
Closing and Wrap up