This course is suitable for those with basic International Trade knowledge
and are new to their role or for those working in an export environment that
have never had any formal training. This course would follow the Beginners
Practical Guide to Exporting.
The course looks at the end-to-end export process providing an
understanding of the export documentation requirements and shipping
using freight forwarders and couriers. The agenda and course objectives are
as follows:
Review and discuss the process from enquiry to dispatch including:
- Receive the enquiry – Considerations
- Transport Options
- Incoterms
- Insurance
- Methods of Payment and the Risk Ladder
- The Goods - Commodity Codes
- Export Controls and Licence Requirements
- Origin of the Goods – Non-Preference and Preference
- Documentation and Costs
- Quotation
- Order Acknowledgement / Pro Forma Invoice
- Packing – Guidelines and Rules
- Generating the Shipping Documents to include
- Invoices
- Packing Lists
- Move the Goods
- Booking Considerations
- Courier Shipments
- Freight Forwarders and their Responsibilities
- Export Declarations
- Contracts of Carriage /Transport documentation
- Proof Of Export
- General good business practice
This course is part of the BCC Foundation Award which can be taken as a group of 6 to achieve the award or it can be undertaken on its own.
