Machine-tool import export specialists coordinate cross-border trade for industrial equipment, with customs papers, carriers and delivery timing tied to high-value capital goods.
They apply import and export knowledge to machine tools, preparing commercial documents, checking customs requirements, arranging multimodal transport and following shipments until the equipment reaches the buyer or site.
In job descriptions, look for machine tools, capital goods, customs compliance, dual-use export controls, carrier quotes, freight forwarders, insurance claims, delivery monitoring and multilingual customer contact.
The work follows machine-tool orders from sale to delivery. It can involve export documents, customs clearance, carrier bookings, delivery milestones, insurance cases and questions from buyers, suppliers or freight forwarders.
Useful strengths include customs compliance, commercial documentation, transport planning, handling shipper quotes and understanding machine tools as capital goods. Dual-use export checks may be important for some equipment.
Salary context depends on order value, shipment complexity, documentation responsibility, language requirements, customer contact and whether the role covers claims, carrier negotiation or wider import-export strategy. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Development can move toward senior import-export coordination, trade compliance, logistics planning, export sales support, supply-chain operations or specialist responsibility for industrial equipment shipments.
Check whether vacancies name machine tools, CNC or workshop equipment, customs documents, Incoterms, export controls, multimodal transport or freight-forwarder contact. Those details show how technical and document-heavy the role is.
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
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46.62Wholesale of machine toolsimport export specialist (3331.2.1)
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ef937393-3382-438d-b570-399d44b5a41c |
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| ESCO code | 3331.2.1.21 |
| ISCO group | 3331 |
| Concept type | Occupation |