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Customs and excise officer

Latest available data: December 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Clearing agent Customs agent Customs and excise officer Customs broker Customs clearance agent Export documentation officer Shipping agent

Customs and excise officers approve or deny the passage of goods through customs barriers for international business and ensure compliance with consignment legislation. They facilitate communication between import and export trading institutions and government officials, and are responsible for taxation calculation and ensuring payment.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Carrying out customs clearing procedures for exports or imports;
(b) Ensuring that insurance is in order;
(c) Ensuring that export/import licences and other formalities are in order;
(d) Signing and issuing bills of lading;
(e) Checking import/export documentation to determine cargo contents, and classifying goods into different fee or tariff groups, using a tariff coding system.

Knowledge

  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Law
  • Accounting and taxation
  • Protection of persons and property

Digital competencies

  • Communicating with colleagues and clients
  • Advising and consulting
  • Planning events and programmes
  • Preparing documentation for contracts, applications, or permits
  • Verifying identities and documentation

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Supporting others
  • Taking a proactive approach
  • Leading others
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Technicians and associate professionals

Business and administration associate professionals

Business services agents

Clearing and forwarding aents

Other occupations of the professional group

Related training

Higher education
  • Business Studies Bachelor
  • International Business Management Bachelor
  • Business administration and management Bachelor
  • Economy Bachelor
Vocational training
  • International trade HVET
Certificates of professionalism
  • Administrative and financial management of international trade CP3
  • International marketing and sales CP3

Legend by training level:

Bachelor's degree and Master's degree
HVET: Higher Vocational Education and Training, IVET: Initial Vocational Education and Training, IQP: Initial Qualification Programme
Certificates of professionalism 1, 2, or 3

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Clearing and forwarding aents

16

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

69,57%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-57,89% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

100,00%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

12,50%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

20

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-18%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Business and administration associate professionals

61%

39%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Business and administration associate professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Business services agents

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Clearing and forwarding aents

No experience
8%
Less than 1 year
23%
Between 1 and 2 years
13%
Between 2 and 4 years
35%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
15%
Transportation and storage
48%
Administrative and support service activities
14%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
8%
Manufacturing
7%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
5%
Others
18%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.