Mission

FIATA's objectives are fivefold:

• to unite the freight forwarding industry worldwide;

• to represent, promote and protect the interests of the industry by participating as advisors or experts in meetings of international bodies dealing with transportation;

• to familiarize trade and industry and the public at large with the services rendered by freight forwarders through the dissemination of information, distribution of publications, etc.;

• to standardize and improve the quality of services rendered by freight forwarders by developing and promoting uniform forwarding documents, standard trading conditions, etc.;

• to assist with vocational training for freight forwarders, liability insurance problems, tools for electronic commerce including electronic data interchange (EDI) and barcode.