APEDA was established in 1985 by the Government of India to promote and develop exports of agricultural and processed food products. It replaced the Processed Food Export Promotion Council. APEDA is mandated to promote exports of various scheduled products including fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry, dairy products, spices, and floriculture. It carries out various functions like registration of exporters, setting standards, inspection, promotion of exports, and collection of statistics. APEDA has a head office in Delhi and regional offices in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Guwahati, as well as 13 virtual offices across India to serve exporters.
APEDA was established in 1985 by the Government of India to promote and develop exports of agricultural and processed food products. It replaced the Processed Food Export Promotion Council. APEDA is mandated to promote exports of various scheduled products including fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry, dairy products, spices, and floriculture. It carries out various functions like registration of exporters, setting standards, inspection, promotion of exports, and collection of statistics. APEDA has a head office in Delhi and regional offices in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Guwahati, as well as 13 virtual offices across India to serve exporters.
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Role and Functions of Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
APEDA was established in 1985 by the Government of India to promote and develop exports of agricultural and processed food products. It replaced the Processed Food Export Promotion Council. APEDA is mandated to promote exports of various scheduled products including fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry, dairy products, spices, and floriculture. It carries out various functions like registration of exporters, setting standards, inspection, promotion of exports, and collection of statistics. APEDA has a head office in Delhi and regional offices in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Guwahati, as well as 13 virtual offices across India to serve exporters.
APEDA was established in 1985 by the Government of India to promote and develop exports of agricultural and processed food products. It replaced the Processed Food Export Promotion Council. APEDA is mandated to promote exports of various scheduled products including fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry, dairy products, spices, and floriculture. It carries out various functions like registration of exporters, setting standards, inspection, promotion of exports, and collection of statistics. APEDA has a head office in Delhi and regional offices in Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Guwahati, as well as 13 virtual offices across India to serve exporters.
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APEDA
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority
(APEDA) was established by the Government of India under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act passed by the Parliament in December, 1985. The Act (2 of 1986) came into effect from 13th February, 1986 by a notification issued in the Gazette of India: Extraordinary: Part-II [Sec. 3(ii): 13.2.1986). The Authority replaced the Processed Food Export Promotion Council (PFEPC). ASSIGNED FUNCTIONS In accordance with the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985, (2 of 1986) the following functions have been assigned to the Authority. 1. Development of industries relating to the scheduled products for export by way of providing financial assistance or otherwise for undertaking surveys and feasibility studies, participation in enquiry capital through joint ventures and other reliefs and subsidy schemes; 2. 2. Registration of persons as exporters of the scheduled products on payment of such fees as may be prescribed; 3. 3. Fixing of standards and specifications for the scheduled products for the purpose of exports; 4. 4. Carrying out inspection of meat and meat products in slaughter houses, processing plants, storage premises, conveyances or other places where such products are kept or handled for the purpose of ensuring the quality of such products; 5. 5. Improving of packaging of the Scheduled products; 6. 6. Improving of marketing of the Scheduled products outside India; 7. 7. Promotion of export oriented production and development of the Scheduled products; 8. 8. Collection of statistics from the owners of factories or establishments engaged in the production, processing, packaging, marketing or export of the scheduled products or from such other persons as may be prescribed on any matter relating to the scheduled products and publication of the statistics so collected or of any portions thereof or extracts therefrom; 9. 9. Training in various aspects of the industries connected with the scheduled products; 10. Such other matters as may be prescribed. 1.
PRODUCTS MONITORED APEDA is mandated with the responsibility of development of the following scheduled products: Fruits, Vegetables and their Products. Meat and Meat Products. Poultry and Poultry Products.
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Dairy Products. Confectionery, Biscuits and Bakery Products. Honey, Jaggery and Sugar Products. Cocoa and its products, chocolates of all kinds. Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages. Cereal and Cereal Products. Groundnuts, Peanuts and Walnuts. Pickles, Papads and Chutneys. Guar Gum. Floriculture and Floriculture Products Herbal and Medicinal Plants In addition to this, APEDA has been entrusted with the responsibility to monitor import of sugar. APEDAS PRESENCE
APEDA has marked its presence in almost all agro potential states of India and has been providing services to agri-export community through its head office, five Regional offices and 13 Virtual offices. Head office New Delhi Regional offices
Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Guwahati
The Virtual offices have been established in association with respective State Governments / agencies. Basic information about APEDA, its functions, registration and financial assistance schemes etc. is being made available to entrepreneurs / prospective exporters by these virtual offices.
