As an Import Export Specialist In Coffee, Tea, Cocoa And Spices, you will need to master following:

• apply import strategies
• build rapport with people from different cultural backgrounds
• coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products
• communicate with shipment forwarders
• embargo regulations
• ensure customs compliance
• food hygiene rules
• general principles of food law
• handle carriers
• international commercial transactions rules
• international import export regulations
• monitor merchandise delivery
• plan transport operations
• protective measures against the introduction of organisms
• regulations on substances
• types of coffee beans

More generally, an import export specialist in coffee, tea, cocoa and spices is also versed in:

• administer multi-modal logistics
• apply conflict management
• apply export strategies
• create import-export commercial documentation
• create solutions to problems
• file claims with insurance companies
• handle quotes from prospective shippers
• have computer literacy
• meet deadlines
• speak different languages

It also helps to know the following: