FOREIGN TRADE AND DOCUMENTATION

Paper Code: 
GPM-422
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To acquaint students with significance of exports.
To introduce students to logistics.
To enlighten students with process of export documentation and procedure.
 

9.00
Unit I: 
  • Introduction about Indian Foreign trade- trends, volume, compositions, balance of trade and balance of payment, export promotion and institutional set up
  • Case study of Apparel Exports
     
15.00
Unit II: 
  • Export-Import Documents: an overview, rationale of documents.                                                                                                      
  • Processing of an export order: Confirmation, Procuring or manufacturing. Central excise clearance, Preshipment inspection, Clearing and forwarding agents, customs clearance, Import processing.
     
12.00
Unit III: 
  • Marketing Logistics: Road, rail, air, multimodal transport, ware housing. Legal aspects of carriage of goods.
12.00
Unit IV: 
  • Export and import Financing- ECGC, EXIM Bank
  • Insurance-Marine Insurance, Cargo Insurance, shipment of export cargo, custom clearance of import cargo.
     
12.00
Unit V: 
  • Introduction about International Institutional set up- WTO, IMF, World Bank and UNCTAD
Essential Readings: 
  1. Parasram., Export; what, where and how? Anupam Publication, New Delhi
References: 
  1. Varshney, Bhattacharya., International Marketing Management-An Indian Perspective   S. Chand and Co. New Delhi
  2. Vasudeva, P.K., International Marketing, Excel Books, New Delhi.
     
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