Actors of International Trade
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ScribdTranslationsACTORS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
These are the main actors of international trade.
GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
It is a remarkable fact that trade activities between nations are
growing at an accelerated pace due to global phenomena such as the
globalization, which means that Colombia cannot be indifferent to this movement in the
which is immersed. The Foreign Trade System in Colombia is integrated
by:
Determining entities: Presidency of the Republic, CONPES and the Plan
National Development
Formulating entities: From economic and trade policy: The
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, other Ministries that do
part of the CSCE, DNP, Maritime and Port Council, National Council of
Narcotics, National Council for Standards and Quality.
Executing entities: of the trade policy: DGCE, Bancoldex,
Fiducoldex, Proexport, DIAN, Dependencies of the Ministries (e.g.:
INVIMA, INCODER, ICA.
Mixed-type entities: Bancoldex, Fiducoldex, Fedecafé
IFI, ICONTEC, CORFERIAS, Productivity and Competitiveness Fund
ColombiaCompite Network and the National and Regional Advisory Committees
PRIVATE CHARACTER ENTITIES:
Composed of natural and legal persons of a business nature,
that in the course of their activity they carry out foreign trade operations or
provide related services (Unions, ALTEX, UAP, SIAS,
Customs Deposits, Port Societies, Cargo Companies, Companies of
Urgent Shipments, among others.
Freight Forwarder
It is the individual or legal entity that acts as an intermediary between the importer or
exporter and the direct carrier and their main function is to return more
efficient the chain processes. The most important task of the agents of
The cargo is on solving any transportation problem.
Among the main tasks and responsibilities of freight agents
international (ACI) are:
Search and selection of the means of transportation.
Coordination of packaging and collection of materials.
Review of compliance with applicable loading standards.
Execution of insurance and transportation formalities at the request of
client.
In case of having the pertinent authorization, they will be able to carry out procedures.
customs officers.
Cargo consolidation to obtain better rates.
Storage and distribution of the load, as agreed with the client.
They issue internationally recognized documents as applicable.
case.
They monitor the transit of the cargo.
They can act as international transport operators.
AIRLINES
Air transport is a vital component of many international networks.
logistics, essential for managing and controlling the flow of goods, energy,
information and other resources such as products, services, and people, from the
point of production to the place of sale. It is difficult or practically impossible
carry out any international transport, global processes of
export/import restoration international of subjects
cousins/products and their transportation without professional logistical support. This
the process involves the inclusion of information, transport, inventory,
storage, material management, and packaging. The operational responsibility
of the logistics system in the geographical replenishment of raw materials, the work
in process and the final inventories must always be carried out with the least
possible cost.
MARITIME AGENT
A shipping agent is the person who represents the shipowner on land for all
the effects related to the ship.
The shipping agent must register with the national maritime authority. To
to register, you must submit an application accompanied by the following
documents:
1) Certificate of registration in the commercial register;
2) Certificate from the competent authority stating that it has not been
sanctioned for offenses defined in the customs penal code;
3) Certificate from the port authorities stating that it has not been represented
ships without registration;
4) Guarantee whose nature and amount will be determined by the maritime authority,
according to the regulations;
5) List of the ships that it will manage and a copy of the corresponding ones.
contracts;
6) Sworn statement that you are not a transport entrepreneur, and
7) Certificate from the port authority stating that it has premises
suitable for serving the shipping agency.
SHIPPING COMPANIES
They are those natural or legal persons who, using merchant ships
owned or rented, is dedicated to their exploitation, even when this
does not constitute your main activity, under any modality accepted by the
international uses.
The shipowner or operator is a maritime entrepreneur who operates a vessel for its
account and risk, regardless of being the owner of the vessel. With
frequently, the terms shipowner and carrier are used interchangeably.
CONTAINER YARDS
They were created out of the shipping lines' need to have a
storage service, handling, inspection and maintenance of
empty containers.
Ports and airports
The airport is a station or terminal located on flat land that has
with runways, facilities, and services designated for aircraft traffic. The
airports allow the takeoff and landing of passenger or cargo planes
load, in addition to providing them fuel and maintenance.
The most important airports have several paved runways.
of one kilometer in length, auxiliary streets, warehouses, hangars of
maintenance, boarding terminals and parking platforms.
There are, in any case, smaller airports whose runways have been
delimited on the very land.
Ports are places located on the coast or on the banks of a river where
The ships carry out loading and unloading operations and cargo operations.
download. This is possible thanks to natural or artificial features.
of the area in question.
The term port refers to the infrastructure and the services that
they are provided in a space of calm water for the safe stay of the
vessels while the aforementioned operations are carried out.
Free Zones
It is a specific geographical area designated for industrialization purposes.
for export. It is a space of the territory of a national State
where customs legislation is applied differently or is not applied,
so that goods of foreign origin can enter and remain or
to be transformed without being subject to the normal tax regime.
In addition to all that has been stated, we can also establish that, on occasion, it
It considers that a free trade zone is synonymous with a duty-free port. A clear allusion to it.
similarity they maintain with the known ports free of customs duties.
PORT OPERATORS
It is the company that provides services in the ports, directly related
with the port authority, such as loading and unloading, storage,
practices, towing, loading and unloading, land handling or porting of the
loading, dredging, classification, recognition and useria.
LAND TRANSPORT
It is the transport that takes place on the earth's surface. The vast majority
land transportation is carried out on wheels that could be cars,
buses, motorcycles, etc.
BANKS
The Bank offers you the possibility of receiving your currencies immediately through
of the discount on payment instruments issued on their sales
financed abroad.
The benefits that banks offer are immediate liquidity to meet your needs.
working capital needs. Currency negotiation and direct credit to
your account.