Understanding Import/Export Techniques and Documentation

Course details

This course aims to help the participants understand the interpretation of shipping terms, learn the flow of letters of credit from opening to final negotiation, understand various the types of shipping documents used in international trade and appreciate the use of various trade declarations.

Course Outline

Incoterms

• Their effect on cost and risk

Import/Export Documentation

• How They Work
• Types of Documents

Export Letters of Credit

• Getting it right

Shipping Procedures and Documentation

• Different Modes of Transport
• Conference Systems and Practices
• Transport Documents
• Difference Between a Bill of Lading and an Airway Bill

Tradenet Processing

• Submission of Permit
• Types of Permit

Import and Export Custom Practices

• Harmonised System (HS) Code
• Goods & Services Tax

Course Methodology     

The course will be conducted through highly interactive lectures, group discussions, case studies, slide

presentations and tests.

Target Participants     

Junior and managerial staff involved in sales and marketing, freight forwarding, banking, shipping, export and import documentation.