Training provider	Nature of course	Brief description	More info
SA Electrotechnical Export Council (SAEEC)	International Methods of Payment	Contact the Council directly for more information on this course.
School of Shipping	Ocean Freight Invoicing and Estimating	Contact the School directly for more information on this course.
School of Shipping	Freight Finance: LC's & Risk Management & VAT	Contact the School directly for more information on this course.
Freight Training	VAT & exports	Contact the School directly for more information on this course.
MetroMinds	Finance in Freight	Demonstrate an understanding of the basic financial statements to make financial analyses and prepare budget information. Apply skills to develop a business plan for a business unit and understand the role of a business strategy in managing a business unit or small business. Looking at key performance measures, cost considerations, risk management and financial planning.
ITRISA	International Risk Management and Payment Procedures for Exports Course	Covers financial risk elements, international payment methods, factors influencing choice of payment method, foreign exchange aspects, VAT & exports, and export credit insurance.
ITRISA	Understanding Letters of Credit	A practical, case study-based workshop, covering different forms (irrevocable, and irrevocable and confirmed) and types (transferable, back-to-back, revolving, red clause, standby) of documentary credit (L/C) and their application. Attention is paid to the differences between the UCP 600 and 500, i.e. their effect on the use of documentation, while examples of simple to complex L/Cs, and their specific equirements, are explored.
ITRISA	VAT and Exports	Designed to ensure that you do not fall foul of the taxman, this briefing covers the South African VAT Act as it pertains to exports and the VAT Incentive scheme: zero rating vs standard rating, salient interpretation notes, direct vs indirect exports, timelines and documentary requirements. Delegates are given practical examples of documents that are not VAT-compliant and are required to identify reasons for non-compliance.
ITRISA	Complying with the Reserve Bank's New Exchange Control Requirements	Covering the South African Reserve Bank's mandatory new requirements (effective 1 July 2009) for the SAD 500: the purpose of the Export Control number (ECN); generating of the Unique Consignment Reference (UCR) number; and how advance payments, part payments, part shipments and multi-party export transactions must be handled.
ITRISA	Payment Methods for Imports	Covers different international payment methods and their associated risks, payment documents, UCP 600 and URC 522, the workings of the foreign exchange market and different types of foreign exchange transaction.
ITRISA	Customs Valuation and the Calculation of Duties	All individuals likely to be directly involved in importing, or the import clearance process, will benefit from this practical workshop. Covering the South African valuation process in detail (including new regulations relating to the customs valuation of containerised goods as per the Revenue Laws Amendment Act 60 of 2008), the programme includes the various means by which duties are calculated in South Africa and incorporates a number of practical exercises to consolidate delegates' nderstanding of the various procedures involved.
ITRISA	Import Costing Workshop	A case study-based workshop providing delegates with practical skills in accurately costing an import consignment to the point at which it has been delivered, customs cleared, at the importer's premises. Delegates will be provided with a simple Excel software programme to assist them with the task in the workplace.
ITRISA	How to Access Government Incentive and Other Assistance Programmes	The government both directly and indirectly (via other organisations) offers a number of incentives and other forms of assistance to companies (primarily SME and BEE) to both improve their competitiveness and assist in the development of export markets. This one-day programme covers some of the government offerings currently available (Enterprise Investment Programme, Critical Infrastructure Programme, Motor Industry Development Programme and its imminent replacement, Productive Asset Allowance and the Export Marketing and nvestment Assistance scheme, etc.) and how to access them.
ITRISA	Managing Foreign Exchange Risk	This two-day programme covers the various scenarios in which currency exchange risk manifests itself, explores the methods available to measure a company's currency exposure and looks at various risk management strategies and mechanisms (forward exchange contracts, futures, options, insurance and financing tools) for managing currency risk.
ITRISA	Practical Costing and Quoting for Exports	A case study-based workshop providing delegates with practical skills in export costing (according to the ICC's Incoterms) and the preparation of export quotations and proforma invoices

 

 

 

 

 

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