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Overview
The work applies detailed import and export knowledge to commodity-like food products with origin, batch, quality and delivery information.
In job descriptions, look for coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, customs clearance, import or export documentation, supplier contact, shipment tracking, product classification, deadlines and quality references.
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Coffee, tea, cocoa and spice import-export specialists follow commodity shipments where origin, batch information and timing matter. The role connects suppliers, freight partners, customs documents and internal purchasing or sales teams.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes customs clearance, import-export documentation, supplier communication, product classification and careful shipment tracking. Product familiarity can cover origin references, quality descriptors, packaging and seasonal supply patterns.
Salary context
Pay expectations usually reflect shipment complexity, supplier responsibility, document accuracy, language needs and how much judgement the role has in resolving customs or delivery issues.
Career paths
Experience can grow toward senior freight forwarding, customs coordination, commodity purchasing support, supplier account work, logistics planning or import-export team leadership.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy names coffee, tea, cocoa or spices, and whether it includes origin documents, quality references, supplier contact, customs clearance, shipment tracking or order records.
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Alternative labels
assistant import export specialist in coffee
tea
cocoa and spices
graduate import specialist in coffee
graduate export specialist in coffee
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senior import specialist in coffee
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senior export specialist in coffee
trainee import specialist in coffee
trainee import export specialist in coffee
assistant export specialist in coffee
senior import export specialist in coffee
trainee export specialist in coffee
Occupation group
import export specialist (3331.2.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/f3d2074e-3f44-45b0-b896-5ee5629a23c1 |
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| ESCO code | 3331.2.1.7 |
| ISCO group | 3331 |
| Concept type | Occupation |