COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN TRADE TRANSACTIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 4014 FOREIGN TRADE TRANSACTIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞE DILEK SEYMEN

Offered to

Economics (Evening)
Economics
Business Administration
Business Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

Giving knowledge as to both theoretic and practical about foreign trade , letting students know foreign trade transactions in Turkey and Turkey s actual legislation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the concepts as to foreign trade.
2   To be able to review changes in legislation for exports, imports, exchange and customs.
3   To be able to evaluate Turkish foreign trade policy in a historical perspective.
4   To be able to connect the documents for foreign trade and types of delivery.
5   To be able to analyze types of payments comparatively.
6   To be able to evaluate possible problems and risks which trading partners may encounter.
7   To be able to compare financing methods in foreign trade.
8   To be able to evaluate the whole procedure (packaging, delivery, payment, etc.) for exports and imports of a good.

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 Payment Methods in Foreign Trade: Running Account, Cash, Consignment, Cash against Goods, Cash against Documents, Letters on Credit
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Mid-term Exam
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

Recomended or Required Reading

Main References
Özcan Güven (2003), Ihracat ve Ithalat Işlemleri, Ihracat ve Ithalatçının El Kitabı,Izmir.
Ihracat ve Ithalat Mevzuatları, Igeme Yayınları
Utku Utkulu, Ismail Aydemir (edt), (2009).Türkiye de Dış Ticaret Işlemleri ve Uygulaması, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara.
Dilek Seymen, Türkiye'nin Dış Ticaret Yapısı ve Rekabet Gücü, DEÜ Yayını, Izmir 2009.
Emine Koban (Derleyen)(2003), Dış Ticaret Eğitimi, Alfa Yayınları, Bursa.
Other References
Sadık Acar (2000), Uluslararası Reel Ticaret:Teori,Politika, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Yay. Izmir.
Adnan ÇELIK, Ismail BAKAN, Mustafa TAŞLIYAN, Nusret GÖKSU, Mesut BILGINER, Murat CANITEZ, Ö. Okan FETTAHLIOĞLU, Alaaddin ILKER, Güçlü TÜMER ve C. Gamze BAL (2004), Dış Ticaret, Işlemler ve Uygulamalar, Gazi Kitabevi, 3. Baskı, Ankara.
Coşkun Yeni (2005), Bankalar ve Dış Ticaret Firmaları Için Uluslararası Ticarette Ödeme Yöntemleri, Alfa Yayınları, Istanbul.
Ali Sait Yüksel, A.Yüksel, Ü.Yüksel( 2002), Banka Yönetimi El Kitabı, Alfa Yayını, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is carried out thanks to presentations and it is expected for students to follow a certain good s exports and imports processes.

Assessment Methods

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


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

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 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Reading 5 2 10
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 111

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1111
LO.2111
LO.3111
LO.411
LO.5111
LO.611
LO.711
LO.811