Central government organisation "Agricultural and processed food product development authority"

1. APEDA
Agricultural and Processed Food
Products Export Development
Authority

2. APEDA
 Formation – 1986
 Type – Government authorised
 Purpose – Export promotion of agricultural and
processed food products.
 Headquarters – Newdelhi
 Parent organization – Minstry of commerce and
Industry,Government of India.

3. Functions
 Development of agricultural industries.
 Export of processed foods.
 Provide financial assistance for farmers and self help
groups
 Registration of perso as exporters
 Fixes standards for scheduled products
 Guidelines for packaging and marketing
 Promotion for products.

4. Scheduled products of APEDA
 Fruits and vegetables
 Meat and meat products
 Dairy products
 Confectionery,biscuits,bakery
 Honey,coco,sugar
 Poultry and its pdts
 Peanuts,walnuts
 Cereals,herbs
 Alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks
 Pickles ,papads and chutney
 Floriculture and products

5. Provides various informations like:
 Daily statistics of commodity prices
 Various government aids are mentioned here
 Market information related to demand and supply
 Food standards guidelines as cope the global market
 In 2017-18 – 38 billion American’s dollar,agriculture
produce export,by APEDA.
 Indian government also provides subsidy.

6. APEDA Registration
 Visit official website of APEDA,Get signed APEDA
registration form
 Copy of import or export code (IEC) issued by
Director general of Foreign Trade (DGFT).
 Bank certificate signed by the authority.
 Bank account statement of last two months.
 Cancelled cheque.
 Follow the steps and register by paying 5000INR.
 Registration validity is for 5 years.

7.  Offers exporters several financialsupport programmes
 Subsidies for the construction of export infrastructures
including:
 processing
 storage
 transportation
 Quality management ,testing and market development
activities
 Market research,attending trade shows,and using
premium packages.
Benefits of APEDA