TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Instructor Ömer Tahtacı
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Students will have knowledge and talent with learning fundamentals of International trade & import practices.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No
COURSE DEFINITION	The course is focused on that national and international organizations that direct international trade, logistic management and practices, foundations and fundamental principles of importation and import policies, import transactions and practices.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week World trade (based on countries) Turkey?s international trade (based on products) 2nd Week Turkey's key player institutes at import, import prohibited goods, quota, inspection, protection, registered and goods subject to standards 3rd Week Product search, GTIP search, customs broker acknowledgment, inspecting product standards and decision making, temporary import regulations 4th Week Important points at International price search and cost calculation 5th Week Request for shipping advise 6th Week Customs formalities, customs clearance, anti-damping and subvention regulations and goods subject to anti damping 7th Week CE sign, responsibilities, goods subject to CE, goods subject to CE in Turkey and accredited institutes of Turkey for EU regulations. Practices for labeling CE sign on products 8th Week Midterm exam 9th Week International Movement Certificate, International Transportation, Logistics and Nominating forwarders, international carrying correspondences, international carrying agreements 10th Week What are international movement certificates and which countries subject to prepare movement certificate, PAN-European system of cumulation of origin 11th Week Payment terms and letter of credit types, how to establish letter of credit, banking correspondences and instructions 12th Week Transportation insurance and important points in insurance 13th Week Delivery terms, International Inspection Institutes and correspondences 14th Week Specialized customs and examination; import formalities; Import and Bank foreign exchange/cambio regulations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Uluslararası Ticaret Uygulamaları, Ömer Tahtacı (2011)
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Project,Questions/Answers,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Project 1 10 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 55 55 Course hours 13 3 39 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 35 35 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework Project 1 10 10 Total Workload 141 Total Workload / 30 4,7 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No