1, definition

Definition of foreign trade documentary: foreign trade documentary refers to the foreign trade business personnel who track or operate some or all links of goods processing, shipment, insurance, inspection, customs declaration and settlement of foreign exchange according to the contract and related documents after signing a trade contract in import and export business, and assist in fulfilling the trade contract.

A merchandiser refers to a person who handles the delivery, transportation, insurance, commodity inspection and foreign exchange settlement of goods with the documents and vouchers used in import and export business in foreign trade settlement business.

2. Work function

According to the business process, foreign trade documentary can be divided into three categories: long-term documentary, medium-range documentary and full documentary: long-term documentary means "following" until the export goods are delivered to the designated export warehouse; Medium-range documentary means "following" until the goods are cleared; The whole process of documentary is to "follow" the goods to the account until the contract is completed. According to the nature of business, documentary can be divided into foreign trade documentary and order documentary.

Job description: collect and sort out all kinds of documents, complete all kinds of processing of delivery orders, orders, bills of lading and other documents, input and file basic data; Track the delivery of each ticket and check the relevant data statistically; In the whole process, complete the coordination and communication with salesmen, merchandisers, customers and freight forwarders; Assist to participate in the collection and payment of foreign exchange, foreign exchange verification and tax refund tracking.

3. Certification qualification

Trade Documentary is the fourth job training and certification examination in China's commercial industry after the professional qualification training examinations such as international business qualification, international freight forwarding and international business certificate, and it is another popular occupation in foreign trade industry.

The national unified examination of international business documents is mainly to test the necessary business knowledge and ability of candidates engaged in international business documents. The unified national examination for international business vouchers is based on the principles of openness, justice and fairness, and is conducted by means of unified national registration, unified charging standards, unified proposition, unified examination, unified marking and unified certification.