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International Trade Institute of Southern Africa (ITRISA)

Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa • 3 Employees
Import & Export

ITRISA is registered in South Africa with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as a private higher education institution and is fully accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE). At an international level, ITRISA currently hosts the Secretariat of the UK-registered International Association of Trade Training Organisations (IATTO), and its executive director is the IATTO Board director responsible for the Association's Accreditation, Certification and Professional Designation System. ITRISA has been an accredited IATTO training provider since 1998 and holds the IATTO agency for southern Africa.A natural extension of education and training activities is consulting and project work. ITRISA's consulting services are wide-ranging. They cover most trade-related issues from export/import requirements for fresh produce and other sensitive goods, and product classification, to determining the impact of free trade agreements on a local motor vehicle assembler's operation and the duties levied on competitive Chinese products in a local company's various export markets.ITRISA has also assisted major corporates in personnel selection for key export managerial positions, adjudicated the annual SAAFF Young Freight Forwarder of the Year contest, headed up the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) export task team charged with the scoping of export qualifications and assisted the Transport Education & Training Authority (TETA) with the qualification scoping exercise for Supply Chain Management