To encourage and promote the study of export practices in all its phases.

To initiate, foster and maintain investigations and research into the best means and methods of export practice, the problems involved and their most satisfactory solution.

To extend, increase and disseminate knowledge and exchange information and ideas in regard to all questions connected with export and to assist and further in all practicable ways the development of export in the national interest.

To devise and impose means for testing the qualifications of candidates for admission to membership of the Institute by examination or by any other actual or practical tests or to arrange with any school, college or institute for any such tests and to grant certificates of qualifications to successful candidates.

To form or acquire by purchase, donation, bequest or otherwise a library and to acquire, sell or exchange books, works or manuscripts and to compile, print, publish, lend, sell or distribute books, papers, pamphlets, statistics and other informations for the purpose of disseminating knowledge and stimulate interest and promote the object of the institute.

To ascertain, compile, collate, revise print and publish statistics, professional records and other informations, books, pamphlets or periodicals relating to any of the objects of the Institute.

To afford facilities for communications and interchange of views between members and government departments, public bodies, institutions and associations of all kinds on matters directly affecting the interests of the profession.