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Overview
The role applies detailed import and export knowledge to clothing and footwear shipments, including customs clearance, commercial documentation, carriers, quotes, insurance claims and delivery monitoring.
In job descriptions, look for textile or footwear product knowledge, clothing-industry terms, substances rules, multimodal logistics, customs compliance, forwarder contact, transport planning and import or export documentation.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
This specialist role keeps shipments of clothing and footwear moving with correct documents, customs steps and carrier coordination. Work often means preparing commercial paperwork, checking import or export requirements, arranging transport, monitoring delivery and following up disruptions.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes clothing and footwear product knowledge, customs compliance, import-export documentation, forwarder communication, carrier handling, transport planning, quotes, insurance claims and multilingual contact. Textile materials, sizing, seasonal launches and substances rules can affect timing and document checks.
Salary context
Salary context usually follows shipment complexity, seasonal pressure, product sensitivity, route count, documentation risk, carrier coordination and responsibility for blocked or damaged clothing and footwear consignments.
Career paths
Career paths can move from apparel shipment administration into senior import-export specialist work, fashion logistics coordination, customs compliance, trade operations, footwear or textile category logistics, or team coordination.
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Read vacancies for clothing or footwear categories, transport modes, customs systems, forwarder contact, delivery monitoring, claim handling, substances documentation and whether the post owns documents only or also plans transport and solves shipment exceptions.
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This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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Alternative labels
senior import export specialist in clothing and footwear
assistant import specialist in clothing and footwear
trainee import specialist in clothing and footwear
senior import specialist in clothing and footwear
trainee import export specialist in clothing and footwear
assistant export specialist in clothing and footwear
trainee export specialist in clothing and footwear
graduate import export specialist in clothing and footwear
assistant import export specialist in clothing and footwear
international trade compliance specialist in clothing and footwear
graduate import specialist in clothing and footwear
senior export specialist in clothing and footwear
graduate export specialist in clothing and footwear
customs compliance specialist in clothing and footwear
Occupation group
import export specialist (3331.2.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/aa8fdeff-ab03-4b99-bdba-2f7a1a5c8946 |
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| ESCO code | 3331.2.1.6 |
| ISCO group | 3331 |
| Concept type | Occupation |