RCMC means the Registration Cum Membership Certificate issued by the Export Promotion Council or the Commodity Board. Any exporter intending to deal with the restricted goods are mandated to obtain the RCMC registration from the Export Promotion Council or the Commodity Board established in line with the products. The Certificate authenticates that an exporter dealing with a certain product is registered with a certain agency or authority authorised by the Government of India. To know more about RCMC Registration, visit here: https://vakilsearch.com/apeda-registration

1. RCMC Registration

2. What is RCMC Registration?
RCMC means the Registration Cum
Membership Certificate issued by the Export
Promotion Council or the Commodity Board.
Any exporter intending to deal with the
restricted goods are mandated to obtain the
RCMC registration from the Export Promotion
Council or the Commodity Board established
in line with the products. The Certificate
authenticates that an exporter dealing with a
certain product is registered with a certain
agency or authority authorised by the
Government of India.

3. Who needs RCMC?
Every person who is an exporter of
Scheduled Products shall obtain APEDA
registration. A person can be registered
either as a merchant exporter or as a
manufacturing exporter.

4. Documents Needed for RCMC
● Details of registered office, head office and branch
office.
● Duly signed and sealed copy of application form.
● Self-certified copy of Import Export Code (IEC) issued
by the Director-General of Foreign Trade.
● Bank certificate in the prescribed form to support the
financial soundness of the applicant.
● Certified copy of MOA (in case of a company) or
partnership deed (in case of partnership firm) or trust
deed/Memorandum of Rules & regulations (in case of
trust/society).
● In the case of merchant exporter, substantial proof for
the arrangements made with the manufacturer. And in
case of manufacturer exporter, self-certified copy of
registration of the company from relevant certification
agencies.
● Details of registration with other Export Promotion
Council/Commodity Board, if any.
● Details of the licence issued by any sponsoring
authority (DGTD, State Director of Industries etc.)

5. Compliance Under RCMC
Every exporter shall furnish quarterly
return/details of his exports of
different commodities to concerned
registering authority.
In case exporter is registered with
FIEO, then he shall also send
quarterly returns to FIEO in the
specified format.

6. Why Vakilsearch?
20 Working Days
Just tell us a little bit about your business and you'll have your APEDA-RCMC in 20 working days (subject
to government approval). It's that simple.
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We make your interaction with the government as smooth as possible and we will be doing all the
application work for you. We will also give you absolute clarity on the process to set realistic
expectations.
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Our team of experienced business advisors are a phone call away, should you have any queries about the
process. But we'll try to ensure that your doubts are cleared before they even arise.