APEDA stands for
•Agricultural and Processed Food
Products Export Development
Authority
4.
• APEDA
• Formation– 1986
• Type – Government authorised
• Purpose – Export promotion of agricultural and
processed food products
• Headquarters – New Delhi
• Parent organization – Ministry of Commerce
and Industry, Government of India
5.
• Functions
• Developmentof agricultural industries.
• Export of processed foods.
• Provide financial assistance for farmers
• Registration of persons as exporters.
• Fixes standards for scheduled products.
• Guidelines for packaging and marketing.
• Promotion for products
6.
• Scheduled productsof APEDA
• Fruits and vegetables
• Meat and meat products
• Dairy products
• Confectionery, biscuits, bakery
• Honey, coco, sugar
• Poultry and its products
• Peanuts, walnuts
• Cereals, herbs
• Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
• Pickles, papads and chutney
• Floriculture and products
7.
• Provides variousinformations 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 dollars,
agriculture produce exported by APEDA
• Indian government also provides subsidy
8.
• 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 5000
INR
• Registration validity is for 5 years
