Importance of export house

2. Location United Kingdom

3. • Export House is defined as a
registered exporter holding a
valid Export House Certificate
issued by the Director general of
Foreign Trade in India.

4. OBJECTIVES OF EXPORT HOUSE
 To make available supplies of essential commodities to
consumers at reasonable prices on a regular basis.
 To ensure a fair price of the produce to the farmers so that
there may be an adequate incentive to increase production.
 To minimize Price fluctuations.
 To arrange for supply of fertilizers and insecticides.
 To undertake the procurement and maintenance of buffer
stock and their distribution whenever and wherever
necessary.
 To arrange for storage, transportation, packaging and
processing.

5. ELIGIBILITY
Manufacturer Exporter
Merchant Exporter
Service Providers
Export Oriented Units (EOU’s)
Special Economic Zones (SEZ’s)
Software Technology Parks (STP’s)

6. TYPES
 Export House- The Foreign Trade Policy encourages
Small Scales Industries / Tiny Sectors / Cottage Sectors
/ ISO units and many more categories of exporters by
giving double weightage while determining the
eligibility criteria.
 Trading House-A trading house is an exporter,
importer and also a trader that purchases and sells
products for other businesses. Trading houses provide
a service for businesses.
 Star Trading House- Manufacturing companies
or industrial houses with annual turnover of 300
cr. – 1000 cr. Shall be recongnised as star trading
house or Super star trading house.

7. LEVEL OF EXPORT PERFORMANCE
FOR RECONGNITION
 EXPORT HOUSE---- 15 Cr.
 TRADING HOUSE---75 Cr.
 STAR TRADING HOUSE---375 Cr.
 SUPER STAR TRADING HOUSE---1125 Cr.

8. Terms & Conditions
 Certificate shall be valid for a period of 3 years starting
from 1st April of the licensing year ,unless otherwise
specified.
 On the expiry of such certificate, application for
renewal of status certificate shall be required to be
made within a period of six months.
 During the said period, the status holders shall be
eligible to claim the usual facilities and benefits.

9. CERTIFICATES

11. Conclusion
 Export houses better take care of the buyers
specifications and provide them good quality
products.
 Exporters should invest in technological tools, and
come at par to compete with their foreign competitors.
 Export trading houses export large volumes of
products from many sources of lower unit costs
through established networks of overseas offices.