What are the development prospects for international settlement positions (document clerks) in foreign trade companies?

The main tasks of the foreign trade document clerk are:

1. Responsible for the production of import and export related documents (such as contracts, invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin, etc.)

Management and letter of credit review.

2. Collect and organize various documents, complete various processing of delivery orders, orders, bill of lading verification and other documents, enter and archive basic data.

3. Track the delivery status of each shipment and verify relevant data statistically.

4. Contact the freight forwarding company promptly and accurately for packaging and delivery to the warehouse.

5. Coordinate and communicate with salespersons, merchandisers, customers, and freight forwarders throughout the entire process.

6. Assist in following up on collection and payment, foreign exchange write-off, and tax refund.

Since the reform and opening up, with the continuous development of my country's export-oriented economy, the volume of foreign trade business has increased rapidly, and the shortage of various application-oriented foreign trade professionals has begun to appear.

In 2002, China officially joined the WTO. According to the agreement between China and the WTO, from the end of 2004, China will implement a registration system for the access of foreign trade enterprises, with a large number of foreign trade enterprises export agencies. Business will be dispersed to production enterprises, and production enterprises will export on their own, which will make the shortage of foreign trade professionals more prominent.

International business document clerk is one of the basic talents for enterprises to carry out foreign trade business. Their main job is to process foreign trade documents. Whether in the academic education system or the vocational education system, vocational training for this position are relatively few.

The few existing trainings also have problems with single content and narrow coverage. A large number of in-service personnel have not received systematic vocational training, and it is difficult for recruiters to meet business needs, which has greatly increased the number of foreign trade business. risk.