APEDA Registration

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is an Government Agency established under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) Act 1985.It provides financial assistance, information, guidelines towards the development of scheduled products. The products specified(such as Vegetables, Fruits, Poultry products, Meat, dairy products, biscuits, confectionery, bakery products, jaggery, honey, and sugar products, chocolates, cocoa products, floriculture products, pickles, papads, and chutneys, etc.) under the APEDA ACT are called schedule products and exporters of such scheduled products are required register under APEDA.

so APEDA registration is necessary as it is responsible for export promotion and development of scheduled products.

Benifits of APEDA Registration

*Obtain guidelines on improving the packaging and marketing of the Scheduled Products to be exported.
*Get enlisted under the Exporters Directory available on the APEDA website.
*Attend trainings conducted by APEDA in various aspects of the industries connected with the Scheduled Products.
*Get brand publicity by advertising and promoting the products with the APEDA registration.
*Improving of marketing of the Scheduled products outside India.
*Improving of packaging of the Scheduled products.
*Development of industries relating to the scheduled products and undertaking surveys, feasibility studies etc.
*Carrying out an inspection of products for the purpose of ensuring the quality of such products.
*Such other matters as may be prescribed.

PRODUCTS MONITORED

APEDA is mandated with the responsibility of export promotion and development of the following scheduled products:

Fruits, Vegetables and their Products.
Meat and Meat Products.
Poultry and Poultry Products.
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.

Fee for the registration is Rs. 5000/- excluding taxes and can be made through any of the following modes:
Credit Card(MasterCard and Visa)
Debit Card (MasterCard and Visa)
Demand draft in favor of “APEDA” payable with respective cities