Live online + recordings
Exam-focused MCQs + case practice
CITR Course: Certificate in International Trade Risk (CITR) Training & Exam Preparation
International trade risk rarely shows up as one obvious issue. It’s usually a combination of counterparty risk, country and
sovereign risk, documentation and logistics risk, FX risk, and compliance exposure—interacting with your settlement method and
transaction structure.
Answer: The Certificate in International Trade Risk (CITR) is a professional qualification focused on understanding and managing
international trade finance risk—including risk to importers/exporters, risk profiling across settlement methods, and practical mitigation options.
EduDelphi’s CITR training delivers a 50-hour live online programme with recordings included, built around exam-style MCQs and case-linked questions.
Qualification reference: CITR is published by LIBF.
- 50 hours of structured instructor-led training, paced for working professionals.
- Exam-focused practice: timed MCQs + scenario reasoning for case-linked questions.
- Repeatable method for risk profiling, transaction analysis, and mitigation selection.
CITR Course Overview
CITR is built for professionals who want structured judgement in trade finance risk—how to identify risk drivers, compare settlement methods,
analyse transactional exposure, and select appropriate mitigants that make decisions defensible.
By the end of this CITR training, you will be able to
- Identify and classify trade risks across parties, documents, logistics, markets, and compliance exposure.
- Compare “high-risk vs low-risk” profiles using transaction factors and risk distribution logic.
- Assess risk implications across settlement methods using a risk-ladder approach.
- Analyse transaction risk drivers (credit + non-credit criteria) and map them to mitigants.
- Select appropriate mitigants and controls—monitoring, documentation checks, and structured response actions.
Who CITR is For—and What You Gain
This is ideal for professionals who work with trade transactions, trade-linked facilities, trade operations, risk decisions, or governance.
CITR helps you build trade-risk credibility with structured analysis—not ad-hoc judgement.
Card 1 — Risk credibility in trade roles
- Strengthen your profile for trade finance, transaction banking, and risk teams.
- Learn to evaluate risk across parties, settlement methods, and transaction structures.
- Improve decision quality for approvals, escalations, and audit trails.
Card 2 — Structured analysis employers trust
- Link client credit quality and transaction design into one coherent risk narrative.
- Build disciplined “what to check / what to evidence / what to mitigate” thinking.
- Reduce both extremes: missing real risk and escalating everything.
Card 3 — Exam prep aligned to assessment style
- Timed MCQ drills to build speed and accuracy.
- Case-linked question sets to build reasoning discipline.
- Trainer feedback to tighten logic and avoid common traps.
Real Projects, Case Studies & Assessments
CITR is risk-heavy and scenario-driven. Your preparation is built around practical drills that train risk profiling, settlement-method comparison,
and mitigation selection under exam-style constraints.
Project 1 — Trade Risk Profile Build
Work through a trade scenario and build a structured risk profile across parties, payment terms, routing/logistics, documents, market exposures and compliance flags.
- Identify key risk drivers and prioritise what matters most.
- Separate “transaction friction” from true risk signals.
- Deliver a clean risk map + mitigant recommendations.
Project 2 — Settlement Method Risk Ladder
Compare two settlement/structure options for the same trade flow and justify which is lower-risk and why—using risk distribution and mitigant logic.
- Map how risk shifts between buyer, seller, and bank.
- Recognise which structures reduce uncertainty and which increase it.
- Practice “choice justification” like a case-linked exam question.
Assessments — Exam-style mocks & tracking
Timed MCQ drills + case-linked practice sets with feedback loops designed to improve accuracy, speed, and reasoning discipline.
- Topic-by-topic checks across both units.
- Mock tests with time pressure.
- Trainer feedback on reasoning and option elimination.
CITR Structure and Syllabus
CITR is built around two mandatory units. Your training covers both units end-to-end, with exam-style practice embedded throughout.
Focuses on the nature and complexity of trade risk, and how risk is profiled across settlement methods and transaction flows.
- Trade risks affecting importers/exporters: credit, performance, country/sovereign, FX, documentation, transport/logistics, legal/regulatory, operational and reputational risks.
- Trade fraud risk and trade-linked financial crime/compliance exposure (trade-facing risk logic).
- High-risk vs low-risk differentiation: what drives the classification.
- Risk distribution across parties and how risk shifts across settlement methods.
- Risk profiling across settlement methods (“risk ladder” thinking).
Focuses on practical analysis: linking client credit quality and transaction risk to mitigation choices and control discipline.
- Relationship between client credit quality and transaction risk; credit assessment elements in trade contexts.
- Evaluating transaction risks: performance, country, price, exchange rate, market, documentation, transportation.
- Product risk considerations and common instruments used in trade structuring and risk management.
- Security/collateral logic: control of goods, documents of title concepts, and risk control thinking.
- Mitigation options and controls: checks, monitoring, and defensible decision discipline.
CITR Exam Format (What You Prepare For)
CITR exams test both recall and applied judgement. Your preparation includes timed practice and case-linked reasoning drills.
Exam basics (per unit)
- Duration: 1 hour
- Total marks: 50
- Pass mark: 70%
- Question types: MCQs + case-linked questions
Question structure (per unit)
- 30 standalone MCQs (30 marks)
- 4 case studies with linked MCQs (20 marks)
- Designed to test decision logic, not only definitions
How we prepare you
- Timed MCQ drills to build speed and accuracy
- Case-linked practice sets for scenario reasoning
- Pass strategy: topic mastery → timed drills → repeat case logic
Meet Your CITR Trainer
Certified trainer with structured exam preparation approach and scenario-driven trade-risk coaching.
CITR-Certified Trade Risk Trainer
Trade finance risk • settlement method profiling • transactional risk • mitigants & controls • exam preparation
CITR Course: Frequently Asked Questions
AEO-ready answers designed for high-intent searches like “CITR course”, “CITR training”, “CITR exam format”, and “CITR pass strategy”.
CITR focuses on international trade risk—how risk appears across parties, settlement methods and transaction structures, and how professionals analyse and mitigate that risk in practical scenarios.
Yes. Training is organised unit-by-unit with timed MCQ practice and case-linked question sets so your preparation matches assessment style.
The CITR training programme is 50 hours live online, and recordings are included for revision and consistency.
CITR has two mandatory unit exams (Unit 1 and Unit 2). Many learners prepare unit-by-unit to keep momentum and reduce overload.
Each unit exam is one hour and uses a 50-mark structure. Pass standard is set at 70% per unit.
CITR exams combine standalone MCQs and case-linked question sets—so you need both recall speed and scenario reasoning discipline.
CITR is manageable with structured preparation. The key is learning “risk logic” (how risk moves across parties and methods) rather than memorising definitions.
Use a sequence: master risk categories → learn settlement-method risk ladders → practise transaction analysis → drill timed MCQs → repeat case-linked sets until your reasoning is consistent under time.
Trade finance and transaction banking roles, trade operations, credit and risk analysts, relationship managers handling trade-linked exposures, and governance teams supporting trade activity.
CITR develops trade-risk thinking that includes compliance exposure as part of holistic risk judgement—especially where documentation, counterparties and routing signals create risk.
Yes. CITR emphasises transaction-level criteria such as performance risk, country risk, price/FX risk, documentation quality, and logistics—then links those to mitigants and controls.
Yes. Trade operations teams often see risk first in documentation and workflows. CITR strengthens structured file thinking: what to check, what to evidence, and when to escalate.
Prior exposure helps you move faster, but you can still start if you’re willing to learn trade terminology and practise scenario reasoning consistently.
Application-heavy. The exam style includes case-linked questions, and the training mirrors that with scenario drills, risk profiling exercises, and mitigant selection practice.
Follow a repeatable routine: identify the parties and settlement method → map key risks → choose mitigants/controls → eliminate options using evidence in the scenario → confirm with what the case explicitly states.
We focus on structured exam preparation: risk frameworks, transaction analysis drills, mitigant selection practice, and timed MCQ + case-linked sets—delivered in a 50-hour live format with recordings.
Yes. Trade risk capability supports movement into higher-trust trade roles (trade risk, credit, governance, controls, product and structuring support) where decision discipline matters.
If your role touches trade transactions, trade-linked risk decisions, documentation-led checks, settlement method choices, or mitigant selection—CITR is a strong fit.
Get CITR batch details + study plan
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