Airfreight Forwarder Services and Relationships

Course Overview

This course provides a comprehensive overview of customs formalities, import controls, and international trade regulations. Students will explore objectives such as revenue collection, national security, and environmental protection, along with forms of government intervention in trade. Topics include import requirements, international conventions for transportation safety and commerce, trade quotas, and licensing systems. The course examines enforcement mechanisms, including trade restrictions and sanctions, preferential trade agreements, certificates of origin, and controls under treaties like CITES and nuclear non-proliferation agreements. Practical insights into U.S. trade verification and foreign exchange controls are also covered.

• Defining an air freight forwarder
• Overview of the air forwarding process
• Understanding extended logistics services
• The forwarders relationship with other transport service providers
• Understanding the cargo pricing relationship
• How airlines approach pricing
• The relationship between forwarders and truckers
• Selection of trucker and trucker pricing
• Understanding air forwarder operational networks including office and agents
• Other air forwarder relationships including cargo insurance and customs brokers