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Overview
The role applies detailed import and export knowledge to clothing and footwear shipments, including customs clearance, commercial documentation, carriers, quotes, insurance claims and delivery monitoring.
In job descriptions, look for textile or footwear product knowledge, clothing-industry terms, substances rules, multimodal logistics, customs compliance, forwarder contact, transport planning and import or export documentation.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
This specialist role keeps shipments of clothing and footwear moving with correct documents, customs steps and carrier coordination. Work often means preparing commercial paperwork, checking import or export requirements, arranging transport, monitoring delivery and following up disruptions.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes clothing and footwear product knowledge, customs compliance, import-export documentation, forwarder communication, carrier handling, transport planning, quotes, insurance claims and multilingual contact. Textile materials, sizing, seasonal launches and substances rules can affect timing and document checks.
Salary context
Salary context usually follows shipment complexity, seasonal pressure, product sensitivity, route count, documentation risk, carrier coordination and responsibility for blocked or damaged clothing and footwear consignments.
Career paths
Career paths can move from apparel shipment administration into senior import-export specialist work, fashion logistics coordination, customs compliance, trade operations, footwear or textile category logistics, or team coordination.
Good to know
Read vacancies for clothing or footwear categories, transport modes, customs systems, forwarder contact, delivery monitoring, claim handling, substances documentation and whether the post owns documents only or also plans transport and solves shipment exceptions.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Customs Brokers
13-1041.08
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
The official mapping connects this O*NET occupation to many ESCO occupations.
Source and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Mapping project version 1: O*NET-SOC 2019 → ESCO 1.1.0. Targets are validated against ESCO 1.2.1.
Source: European Commission, joint ESCO Secretariat and USDOL/ETA project. O*NET Database: USDOL/ETA. This presentation uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.
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Official sources and licenses
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
46.16Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods
Alternative labels
senior import export specialist in clothing and footwear
assistant import specialist in clothing and footwear
trainee import specialist in clothing and footwear
senior import specialist in clothing and footwear
trainee import export specialist in clothing and footwear
assistant export specialist in clothing and footwear
trainee export specialist in clothing and footwear
graduate import export specialist in clothing and footwear
assistant import export specialist in clothing and footwear
international trade compliance specialist in clothing and footwear
graduate import specialist in clothing and footwear
senior export specialist in clothing and footwear
graduate export specialist in clothing and footwear
customs compliance specialist in clothing and footwear
Occupation group
import export specialist (3331.2.1)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/aa8fdeff-ab03-4b99-bdba-2f7a1a5c8946 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3331.2.1.6 |
| ISCO group | 3331 |
| Concept type | Occupation |