EXIM Documentation Specialist

About this role

Shipping, Freight & Customs moves the goods: carrier relationships, bookings, documentation, customs clearance, chartering and vessel operations.

Own export and import documentation and the incentive schemes attached to it: IEC, licences, RoDTEP and drawback claims, and the DGFT filings behind each.

This is the part of trade that happens in the physical world and refuses to be tidy. Vessels get omitted, containers get held for examination, a wrong container number on a bill of lading stops a consignment at the gate, and demurrage accrues while somebody argues. The work is judged on landed cost and on how few surprises reach the buyer.

Primary responsibilities

• Prepare export and import documentation to the requirements of both the origin and the destination
• Handle the Indian export documentation regime — shipping bill, bill of entry, e-BRC and the export incentive schemes
• Classify goods correctly under the HS code, which decides duty, restriction and eligibility
• Manage licences, permits and the certificates specific to the commodity
• Keep up with the regulatory changes that alter what is required, which happens often

Skills required

Day to day this role works with Compliance, EXIM, DGFT and Export Incentives.

• Three or more years in EXIM documentation
• Know the current scheme rules rather than last year's
• Three or more years in export and import documentation
• Indian export documentation — shipping bill, bill of entry, e-BRC and export incentive schemes
• HS classification, which decides duty, restriction and eligibility
• Licences, permits and commodity-specific certificates