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International Trade Specialist

Customs Brokers
Description
Manage global import and export operations by ensuring regulatory compliance, optimizing trade flows, and coordinating cross-border logistics. Prepare and review trade documentation, classify goods, determine and track duties and taxes, and coordinate activities with brokers, forwarders, and carriers. Advise on Incoterms and regulatory requirements, secure licenses and certificates, pursue refunds and reclassifications, and liaise with government agencies to mitigate risk and reduce cost.
Abilities
Verbal Abilities
  • • Oral Comprehension
  • • Written Comprehension
  • • Oral Expression
  • • Written Expression
Idea Generation and Reasoning Abilities
  • • Fluency of Ideas
  • • Problem Sensitivity
  • • Deductive Reasoning
  • • Inductive Reasoning
  • • Information Ordering
  • • Category Flexibility
Perceptual Abilities
  • • Flexibility of Closure
Attentiveness
  • • Selective Attention
Visual Abilities
  • • Near Vision
Auditory and Speech Abilities
  • • Speech Recognition
  • • Speech Clarity
Knowledge
Business and Management
  • • Administration and Management
  • • Administrative
  • • Economics and Accounting
  • • Customer and Personal Service
Engineering and Technology
  • • Computers and Electronics
Mathematics and Science
  • • Mathematics
  • • Geography
Arts and Humanities
  • • English Language
Law and Public Safety
  • • Law and Government
Skills
Content
  • • Reading Comprehension
  • • Active Listening
  • • Writing
  • • Speaking
  • • Mathematics
Process
  • • Critical Thinking
  • • Active Learning
  • • Learning Strategies
  • • Monitoring
Social Skills
  • • Social Perceptiveness
  • • Coordination
  • • Negotiation
  • • Instructing
  • • Service Orientation
Complex Problem Solving Skills
  • • Complex Problem Solving
Systems Skills
  • • Judgment and Decision Making
  • • Systems Analysis
Resource Management Skills
  • • Time Management
  • • Management of Personnel Resources
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Source
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
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