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인코텀즈와 Scope 3 운송 카테고리 분류 (Incoterms & Scope 3 Transport Categorization)

Defines how Incoterms determine which Scope 3 category (Category 4 or 9) each transport segment of a sold product belongs to. Use this document as the refe…

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Defines how Incoterms determine which Scope 3 category (Category 4 or 9) each transport segment of a sold product belongs to. Use this document as the reference when implementing or reviewing transport-emission logic, or when guiding customers on data-upload rules.

What Are Incoterms

Standard trade terms that define where the cost and risk of transportation transfer between the seller and the buyer in international trade. The current standard is Incoterms 2020, with 11 terms.

코드 (Code)한국어 (Korean)English
EXW공장 인도Ex Works
FCA운송인 인도Free Carrier
FAS선측 인도Free Alongside Ship
FOB본선 인도Free On Board
CFR운임 포함 인도Cost and Freight
CIF운임·보험료 포함 인도Cost, Insurance and Freight
CPT운송비 지급 인도Carriage Paid To
CIP운송비·보험료 지급 인도Carriage and Insurance Paid To
DAP도착지 인도Delivered At Place
DPU도착지 양하 인도Delivered at Place Unloaded
DDP관세 지급 인도Delivered Duty Paid

Relevance to Carbon Accounting

Under the GHG Protocol, transport emissions of sold products fall into different Scope 3 categories of the reporting company depending on who pays for the transportation.

  • Transport paid by the reporting company (seller) → Category 4 (upstream transportation and distribution)
  • Transport paid by the buyer → Category 9 (downstream transportation and distribution)

Incoterms determine the paying party per transport segment, so the Incoterms value on sales data drives the category attribution of transport emissions. See ghg-protocol.md for the underlying methodology.

Segment Attribution Rules

A sold product's transport route may consist of multiple segments; Incoterms assign each segment as follows.

인코텀즈 (Incoterms)귀속 (Attribution)근거 (Rationale)
EXW, FCA전 구간 Cat 9 / all segments Cat 9출발지 인도 후 구매자 부담 / buyer bears transport from origin
CPT, CIP, DAP, DPU, DDP전 구간 Cat 4 / all segments Cat 4도착지까지 판매자(보고기업) 부담 / seller (reporting company) pays to destination
FAS, FOB, CFR, CIF혼합 / mixed선적항(본선 적재) 기준으로 이전 구간은 Cat 4, 이후 구간은 Cat 9 / segments before loading at the port of shipment are Cat 4, after are Cat 9

What to Collect

  • Sold-item history: without Incoterms you cannot split Cat 4 from Cat 9. Collect the trade term at the point of sale rather than backfilling from contracts later.
  • Purchased-item history: Cat 1 can be calculated without it; it is needed only to separate embedded transport.
  • GHG Protocol and Scope Classification — Scope classification methodology

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