Export-Import Executive
Also known as: EXIM Executive · Export Documentation Executive · Import Executive
Handles export-import documents, shipments and customs coordination for trading and manufacturing firms.
What you’d do
An export-import executive keeps a company's cross-border shipments moving and its paperwork in order. Employers include exporters and importers, manufacturers that sell abroad, freight forwarders and customs brokers. A typical day involves preparing documents, booking and tracking shipments, and following up with buyers, banks and agents.
- Prepare invoices, packing lists and shipping documents
- Coordinate with freight forwarders and customs brokers
- Track shipments and payment terms with buyers
- Keep records for customs and foreign-trade rules
How you get in
Freshers usually join as documentation or EXIM executives at exporters, freight forwarders or customs brokerage firms. Knowing Incoterms and the main shipping documents helps at interviews; an internship with a forwarder or exporter is a common way in.
Salary in India
Fresher salary over the years
middle of the 0–1 yr range, ₹ lakh a year
Fewer than two years of fresher data so far — the trend shows once there are two.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Export-import documentation
- Incoterms and payment terms
- Customs and foreign-trade procedures
- Coordination with shippers, banks and agents
- Spreadsheets and record-keeping
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
B.Com graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among B.Com graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Accuracy matters: document errors can hold up shipments or payments.
- Work can follow other time zones and shipping cut-off times.
- Next roles: EXIM manager, international sales, or a move into logistics or trade finance.
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