import export specialist in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials
Import export specialists in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials have and apply deep knowledge of import and export goods including customs clearance and documentation.
import export specialist in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials import export specialists in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials have and apply deep knowledge of import and export goods including customs clearance and documentation. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include embargo regulations, protective measures against the introduction of organisms, textile products, textile semi-finished products and raw materials, international commercial transactions rules, international import export regulations.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £34,757 a year for Importers and exporters (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 3542). ONS publishes this estimate without a precision measure. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only import export specialist in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 3. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Transportation
- English Language
- Administrative
- Law and Government
- Customer and Personal Service
- Computers and Electronics
- Administration and Management
- Geography
What you'd actually do
- Prepare and process import and export documentation according to customs regulations, laws, or procedures.
- Clear goods through customs and to their destinations for clients.
- Pay, or arrange for payment of, taxes and duties on shipments.
- Calculate duty and tariff payments owed on shipments.
- Request or compile necessary import documentation, such as customs invoices, certificates of origin, and cargo-control documents.
- Classify goods according to tariff coding system.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does import export specialist in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials do?
Import export specialists in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials have and apply deep knowledge of import and export goods including customs clearance and documentation.
What skills does import export specialist in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include embargo regulations, protective measures against the introduction of organisms, textile products, textile semi-finished products and raw materials, international commercial transactions rules, international import export regulations, regulations on substances. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace import export specialist in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials?
Our AI-durability model gives import export specialist in textiles and textile semi-finished and raw materials a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.