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Customs Clearance and Freight Forwarding Course FTA002

Course Highlights

Why Customs Clearance and Freight Forwarding Course

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When you are serious about a career in the field of logistics and international trade, then it does matter what training you choose. The freight forwarding course aims at providing you with a practical knowledge, exposure to the real world, and job-ready skills that most conventional programs lack.

Industry-Focused Practical Training

It is not merely a theoretical course in logistics. You will get to know the real business application of freight forwarding and customs clearance. Since documentation to shipment handling, all the concepts are documented with illustrative examples.

Complete End-to-End Knowledge

This course on freight forwarding unlike the basic courses encompasses the whole process which includes the export-import documentation, customs clearance, shipping procedures, and operations in logistics. You also understand the industry fully.

Be Taught by Seasoned Professionals

Learn through the industry professionals with a practical background in logistics and freight forwarding. Their practical wisdom will make you cognizant of true challenges and the ways to deal with them in a confidence way.

Career-Oriented Curriculum

The logistics course is designed in a way that it will prepare you to work in the actual job positions of freight forwarder, logistics executive, and customs clearance agent. You do not simply learn, but you get work-ready.

High Demand Industry

The logistics and supply chain business is expanding at a high rate in India and other parts of the world. By taking this customs clearance & freight forwarding course, you are putting yourself in a stable employment prospect with high growth potential.

Placement Support & Guidance

Reading resume building to interview preparation, you receive a full support to begin your career once you are done with this logistics course.

Customs Clearance & Freight Forwarding Course Syllabus

Module Overview:

Export Import – Shipping – Freight Forwarding – Customs Clearance – EDI Filing

1. Core Topics Covered

Documentation & Filing

  • IGM/EGM & Shipping Bill & Bill of Entry
  • IEC GATE DOCUMENTATION
  • E-Sanchit
  • Bill of Lading
  • Draft Bill of Lading
  • ESI (Electronic Shipping Instruction)
  • DGR / HAZ declaration
Freight & Shipment Handling
  • Dock Stuffing, CFS
  • Consolidation LCL / FCL shipment
  • Container Stuffing / Freight Measurements
  • Detention & Demurrage
Practical Training
  • Customs EDI Computer (ERP) S/B & B/E Filling Practical Training

2. Customs & EDI Training

  • Shipping Bill / Bill of ENTRY FILLING
  • Customs law and procedure
  • Import and export customs clearance procedure
  • Tariff classification and notifications
  • Complete procedure of filing Bill of Entry in Customs EDI software
  • Complete procedure of filing Shipping Bill in Customs EDI software
  • Import Export documents uploading on e-sanchit
  • Concor job order generation (EJO/LJO)
  • Generating Seal cutting order

3. Freight Operations & CRM Practical

Operations & Documentation

  • Freight Practical’s CRM Freight /SEA/AIR /Cargo Consolidation OPERATION
  • FREIGHT Quotation, Job Planning
  • LCL and FCL, Job Creation, Debit Note, Credit Note
  • E-Bill of lading, Draft B/L
  • Cargo Arrival Notice (LCL/FCL)
  • Cargo Manifest, Shipping Account

Shipment Handling

  • HBL / MBL creation
  • MAWB LINKING, HAWB CREATION
  • HBL/HAWB submission / Surrendering
  • Delivery order / cargo manifest / invoice payments

Expense & Planning

  • CHA Expense Booking & Transacting
  • Liner expense & Container planning

4. Logistics Ecosystem Understanding

Key Stakeholders

  • Role Of Logistic Service Provider In Export Import
  • Shipping line
  • Freight forwarders
  • Custom House agent
  • ICD authority
  • Customer authority
  • Insurance
  • Marine survey
  • CFS Authority
  • MTO
  • NVOCC

Transport Documents

  • Transport Of documentation B/L and Airway bill

5. Bill of Lading & Documentation Deep Dive

  • Type of BL
  • Switch bill of lading procedure
  • BL is negotiable
  • Delivery terms and conditions
  • Meaning in B/L – in order / in order to / in order of
  • Notify party and consignee in BL
  • How to get goods without original BL

6. Filing & Amendment Procedures

  • How to file IGM / EGM / Boat note
  • Amendment procedure in IGM
  • Amendment procedure in HBL / MBL
  • Difference between Airway bill, Seaway bill and Bill of Lading

7. Freight Forwarding & Sales Skills

  • Effective sales call / cargo selling
  • Planning and understanding client requirements
  • Preparation of data input
  • Major sea routes from India
  • Unitization 

Commercial & Pricing

  • Freight calculation (AIR & SEA shipment)
  • Negotiation of freight and freight structure
  • High sea sale documentation and procedure

Charges & Compliance

  • How to calculate detention charges
  • How to calculate demurrage charges
  • Terminal handling charges & inland haulage charge
  • Dangerous goods

8. Customs Clearance Module

Legal & Compliance

  • Custom Act 1962
  • Custom valuation and assessment
  • ITC HS analysis
  • Custom duty calculation
  • KYC norm for CHA

Documentation (Practical Filling)

  • Shipping Bill
  • Bill of Entry

Special Procedures

  • Export – Factory Stuffing and Dock Stuffing
  • Export of warehouse goods without payment of duty
  • Import – First check & second check procedure
  • Export on re-import
  • Import on re-export
  • Unclear goods (unclaimed by buyer)
  • Warehouse goods (in Bond & ex Bond)
  • Conversion of shipping bill

Powers of Customs

  • Search / seizure / confiscation and arrest

Drawback

  • Section 74
  • Section 75

9. Advanced CRM & Operations Training

CRM Master Creation

  • Customs / Shipper / Consignee
  • Airlines, shipping line
  • Currency, port, co-loader

SEA Export

  • Job booking, job creation
  • Shut out / short shipment
  • Container planning & booking
  • Container creation
  • Linking job with container

AIR Export

  • MAWB linking
  • HAWB creation
  • MAWB stock maintenance (Void / Cancel / Reuse)
  • Customer & Supplier Invoice
  • Debit Note / Credit Note

Import Operations

  • Job Creation
  • Cargo Arrival Notice
  • Status Updating
  • Invoice & Payment
  • Delivery Order

10. MIS & Sales Reporting

MIS Reports

  • Enquiries (Daily / Monthly)
  • Accepted / Rejected
  • Time interval reports
  • CHA Report
  • Container-wise sales
  • Co-loader wise sales

Sales CRM Activities

  • Daily appointments
  • Calls & follow-ups
  • Quotations & status reports
  • Cost sheet
  • Sales & purchase rate reports

11. Practical Training (Air & Sea Cargo)

 

ActivityAir CargoSea Cargo
Freight QuotationAir Freight CalculationFreight Quotation
Cargo BookingLCL Cargo BookingLCL/FCL Booking
Cargo Arrival NoticeCargo BookingDelivery Order
IGM / EGMDGR ReportNVOCC Operation
E VGMMISFreight Forwarder Roles
Bill of Lading PrepBooking ConfirmationACD/AMS/ACI

12. Program Highlights

  • Industrial Visit
  • Guest Lecture
  • Internship
  • Enhanced Course Material
  • Eminent Faculties 

13. Job Opportunities

Roles Offered

  • Operation Executive
  • Marketing Executive
  • Cargo Executive

Skills Covered

  • Customs Act 1962
  • World currencies
  • Port hubs & geography
  • Ocean, air & EXIM terms
  • Pricing & quotation

Career Scope

  • CHA (Custom House Agent)
  • Freight Forwarder
  • Shipping Line
  • Airline / IATA Agent
  • NVOCC Companies
  • Logistics & Supply Chain Roles

Who Should Join Custom Clearance & Freight Forwarding Course?

  • Students and fresh graduates seeking employment in the field of logistics and international trade.
  • Individuals seeking to be trained in practical skills and placed in the logistics sector.
  • Professional people who want to refresh their information in freight forwarding and customs clearance.
  • Owners of businesses that desire to conduct import-export business in a more effective way.
  • Freight and shipping professionals seeking to improve on operations and documentation expertise.
  • Any person who is keen on pursuing a career by undertaking a practical Freight Forwarding Course.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

A custom clearance and freight forwarding course is what?

This custom clearance and freight forwarding course teaches shipping, documentation, and international logistics operations.

This logistics course includes customs clearance, freight forwarding, documentation and shipment handling.

This course on custom clearance and freight forwarding can be attended by students, job seekers, and professionals.

Yes, this logistics course is not complex and does not need any background experience.

You can be a freight forwarder, logistics executive or a customs clearance agent.

Yes, the logistics course has practical training in EDI filing, documentation and cargo handling.

Freight forwarding and custom clearance course is a course that is typically undertaken in three months.

Yes, this logistics course involves full customs clearance practices and filing.

Yes, this course of custom clearance and freight forwarding offers placement assistance.

This logistics course provides pragmatic competencies, exposure to industry, and good career prospects.

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