COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN TRADE OPERATIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UAT 3038 FOREIGN TRADE OPERATIONS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

International Trade

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ÜNÜVAR

Offered to

International Trade

Course Objective

This course will focus on management of export and import operations and decision making. The aim of this course is to increase the knowledge of students about concepts of export and import operations that include potential benefits of export and import operations, export and import order and physical distribution, documentation of export and import operations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to demonstrate that they understand the process of export and import operations to recognize the benefits and pitfalls of them.
2   Students will be able to formulate procedures of export and import operations in different industries to ultimately manage this function on behalf of a company.
3   Students will be able to understand export and import documentation in different industries to prepare accurate documents.
4   Students will be able to understand the various policy instruments that government use to restrict imports and promote exports to understand how to forecast and manage external factors that affect the export and import operations by discussing real life examples.
5   Students will be able to understand financial instruments and payment methods in foreign trade

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Scope of foregin trade transactions (Exports: Methods and Principles, Decision Exports Regime in Turkey, Export regulation)
2 Imports: Methods and Principles, Import Legislation in Turkey
3 Changes in Foreign Trade Regime in the framework of Customs Union: Inward Porecessing Regime, Outward Processing Regime
4 Turkey s Customs and Exchange Rate Legislation
5 Turkey s Foreign Trade Policy, Non-tariff Barriers, Turkey s Liabilities in accordance with International Agreements/WTO and Regional Agreements/Customs Union
6 Delivery Methods in Foreign Trade: INCOTERMS 2000, E-Term (EXW), F-Terms: FCA, FAS, FOB, C-Terms: CFR, CIF, CPT, CIP, D-Terms: DAF, DES, DEQ, DDU, DDP
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Payment Methods in Foreign Trade: Running Account, Cash, Consignment, Cash against Goods, Cash against Documents, Letters on Credit
10 Documents Used in Foreign Trade Transactions, Commercial Documents, Formal Documents, Transport Documents, Insurance Documents, Financing Documents, Other Documents, E-Trade Applications in Customs
11 National and International Development Centres for Exports and Imports, Agents for Exports and Imports, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Exporters Unions, IGEME, International Trade CEnter (ICC/ITC), WTO, etc.
12 Financing of Foreign Trade: Commercial Bank Loans, Subsidies for Exports and Turkish Eximbank Credits
13 Other Financing Methods for Foreign Trade: Factoring, Forfaiting, Leasing
14 Applications for Exports and Imports
15 Final Exam
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Utku Utkulu, Ismail Aydemir, Ahmet Özken, Mutlu Yılmaz (2009) Türkiye de Dış Ticaret Işlemleri ve Uygulaması (Teoriden Pratiğe)2. Baskı. Gazi Kitapevi
Paul J. And Aserkar R. (2008), Export Import Management, Oxford Higher Education

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture by instructor, class discussion conducted by instructor, problem solving or case studies, question and answer teaching method

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Skill in analysis, synthesis and critical thinking; skill in problem solving; skill in application via midterm and final exams

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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