APEDA
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was established by the Government of India under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act passed by the Parliament in December 1985.
The Authority with its headquarters at New Delhi, is headed by Chairman, APEDA has been serving the Agri-export community for the last 37 years. To reach out to the exporters in different parts of the Country, APEDA has set up 15 Regional Offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Telangana, Kolkata, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Varanasi, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Chennai, Kochi, Tripura, Srinagar, Jammu, Ladakh.
APEDA has been entrusted with the responsibility of export promotion and development of the following scheduled products :
1. Fruits, Vegetables and their Products
2. Meat and Meat Products
3. Poultry and Poultry Products
4. Dairy Products
5. Confectionery, Biscuits and Bakery Products
6. Honey, Jaggery and Sugar Products
7. Cocoa and its products, chocolates of all kinds
8. Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages
9. Cereal and Cereal Products
10. Groundnuts, Peanuts and Walnuts
11. Pickles, Papads and Chutneys
12. Guar Gum
13. Floriculture and Floriculture Products
14. Herbal and Medicinal Plants
15. De-oiled rice bran
16. Green pepper in brine
17. Cashew Nuts and Its Products
Basmati Rice has been included in the Second Schedule of the APEDA Act. In addition to this, APEDA has been entrusted with the responsibility to monitor the import of sugar as well.
APEDA also functions as the Secretariat to the National Accreditation Board (NAB) for the implementation of accreditation of the Certification Bodies under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) for Organic Exports.
APEDA has been actively engaged in developing markets and upgrading infrastructure and quality to promote the export of Agri-Products. In its endeavour to promote agro exports, APEDA under its Plan Scheme titled `Agriculture Export Promotion Scheme of APEDA’ provides financial assistance to the registered exporters under sub-components of the scheme – Market Development, Infrastructure Development and Quality Development.
