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Job Description
- Export specialist counsel clients on matters like tariffs, insurance, and quotas. They categorize shipments according to a tariff coding system. This position also requires consulting with customs agents to ease passage of shipments through customs. Import-export specialists also counsel their clients how to reduce duties and taxes owed.
- Other duties of the import-export specialist have to do with shipment of the goods.
- They track the location of the shipment.
- They prepare goods for shipment, using the best, most economical packaging. Transportation, warehousing, or distribution of goods may also be a job duty of the import-export specialist.
- They determine how much insurance to take out on the shipment.
Job Requirements
- Require computer and management skills.
- A proficiency in another language is also desirable.
- Certificates, associate's degrees, and bachelor's degrees. Certificate programs prepare students for entry-level jobs as import-export specialists. An associate's degree program helps those who are thinking about entering the profession. Courses are typically in exports, money and banking, import customs regulations, and business law.
- Knowledge of business, management, international trade, and related topics. Students may have the option to choose a concentration in the specialty of their choice.