Logistics & Shipping · Professional · CILT
CIT
Certificate in International Trading
Logistics & Shipping
Professional level
30 Hours
15 Modules
Self-paced
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Certification
Earn a CILT Credential
CIT
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- Structured, practical content built around real-world application
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About the CIT Certification
Understand how global trade really works and take command of every stage of a cross-border transaction. You will learn to assess export readiness, run disciplined export and import processes, choose the right Incoterms, prepare accurate documentation, clear customs efficiently, structure secure payments, finance trade, and manage currency, country, and cargo risk.
What You Will Learn
- Explain how the global trade environment, institutions, and intermediaries work together.
- Assess export readiness and build a structured market-entry plan.
- Manage the export process from enquiry to customs clearance and handover.
- Manage the import cycle from booking through duty assessment and release.
- Apply the eleven Incoterms 2020 rules to allocate cost, risk, and responsibility.
- Prepare accurate commercial, transport, and origin documentation.
- Classify goods under the Harmonized System and apply customs valuation methods.
- Comply with export controls, sanctions, and restricted-party screening.
What you take away
Skills You'll Build
Export Process Management
Import Process Management
Incoterms 2020 Application
Trade Documentation Control
Core Topics
Who Is This Course For?
Export and import managers
Manage exports and imports with confidence in trade rules
Trade operations executives
Run trade documentation and operations accurately
Freight forwarding and customs professionals
Handle customs, Incoterms and cross-border shipments correctly
Trade finance and banking officers
Understand the trade transactions behind letters of credit and payments
Supply chain and logistics professionals
Link logistics decisions to international trade requirements
Entrepreneurs expanding into international markets
Expand into new markets with sound trade knowledge
What's Included?
Self-paced modules you can revisit anytime- Digital study resources and templates
- Knowledge checks and practice assessments
- The fee includes course, examination and certification fees
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
Certification terms and policies apply
Course Outline
- The Global Trade Environment
- Buyers, Sellers, and the Intermediary Chain
- International Market Access and Entry Modes
- The Institutional and Regulatory Framework
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