NKPD code: 3331
Clearing and forwarding agents carry out customs clearance procedures for goods and ensure that insurance and export and import documents are in order. Clearing and forwarding agents perform the following main tasks: • carrying out clearance procedures for export and import goods; • ensuring that insurance is in order; • ensuring that export and import documents are in order; • signing and issuing bills of lading; • checking export and import documents to determine cargo contents and classify goods by group, fees and tariffs using the customs tariff. Examples of occupations in this unit group: – Agent, freight forwarding – Agent, cargo clearance – Organiser, cargo import/export – Freight forwarder