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Importers and Exporters

Importers and exporters buy commodities from overseas for the home market and sell home-produced commodities to overseas markets.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£18,515
£30,433
£47,834

New workers start around £18,515. Normal pay is £30,433 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £47,834.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 8,573 vacancies for this type of job

6.76%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Advises home and overseas producers on the likely future demand for their goods.

  • Carries out customs clearance procedures for imports, arranges their storage and delivery and sells them personally or through a commodity broker.

  • Arranges for shipment of commodities overseas and ensures that insurance and export licences are in order.

  • Obtains orders from buyers and arranges payment by bill of exchange, letter of credit or other means.

  • Investigates and evaluates home and overseas demand for commodities.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Customs Broking

  • Invoicing

  • Freight Forwarding

  • Warehousing

  • Customs Declarations

  • Data Import/Export

  • Customs Procedures

  • Customs Regulations

  • Auditing

  • Finance

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Customer Service

  • Operations

  • Management

  • Detail Oriented

  • English Language

  • Microsoft Excel

  • Problem Solving

  • Computer Literacy

  • Sales

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Politics with a Year in Industry

Swansea University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · Swansea · 25/09/2023

Tariff points: 120/120

Political Science

Richmond American University London

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2024

Tariff points: 96/96

Fashion Business and Buying

Istituto Marangoni London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 02/10/2023

Tariff points: 80/80

Business

Northeastern University London

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 04/09/2023

Tariff points: N/A

Economics

University of Roehampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Economics (Industry)

Lancaster University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time with year in industry · Lancaster · 10/2024

Tariff points: 136/144

Economics with a Year in Industry

University of Liverpool

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Liverpool · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Politics with Foundation Year

Birkbeck, University of London

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · London · 10/2024

Tariff points: 48/48

International Business Management

Manchester Metropolitan University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 09/2024

Tariff points: 104/112

Applied Entrepreneurship

Liverpool John Moores University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Liverpool · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/128

Transport Management

Aston University, Birmingham

BSc · 4 Years · Sandwich · Birmingham · 16/09/2024

Tariff points: 96/128

Business Management (Foundation)

City, University of London

BSc (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · London · 09/2024

Tariff points: N/A

Politics

Keele University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich including industrial placement · Keele · 09/2024

Tariff points: 112/112

Entrepreneurship and Business

University of Portsmouth

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Portsmouth · 23/09/2024

Tariff points: 112/120

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