APEDA

APEDA

About

• The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is a statutory body established under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985.  
• The Authority replaced the Processed Food Export Promotion Council (PFEPC). 
• APEDA functions under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. 
• The Authority has its headquarters in New Delhi.

Functions of APEDA

• Development of industries relating to the scheduled products for export; 
• Registration of persons as exporters of the scheduled products; 
• Fixing of standards and specifications for the scheduled products for the purpose of exports; 
• Carrying out inspection of meat and meat products in slaughterhouses, processing plants, storage premises, conveyances or other places for the purpose of ensuring the quality of such products; 
• Improving of packaging of the Scheduled products; 
• Improving of marketing of the Scheduled products outside India; 
• Promotion of export oriented production and development of the Scheduled products.

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. 
  • De –oiled rice bran. 
  • Green pepper in brine. 
  • Cashew Nuts and Its Products.
• Basmati Rice has been included in the Second Schedule of APEDA Act. 
• The Second Schedule of the APEDA Act was introduced by the APEDA (Amendment) Act, 2009 to list products for which APEDA is mandated to protect intellectual property rights and facilitate registration, both within and outside India.
• In addition to this, APEDA has been entrusted with the responsibility to monitor import of sugar. 
• APEDA also functions as the Secretariat to the National Accreditation Board (NAB) for the implementation of accreditation of the Certification Bodies under National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) for Organic exports.

BHARATI

• Bharat’s Hub for Agritech, Resilience, Advancement and Incubation for Export Innovation (BHARATI) is APEDA’s flagship export acceleration programme. 
• The initiative aims to foster innovation-led growth in the agri-food export sector.  
• It also aimed to support India’s target of achieving 50 billion US dollars in exports of APEDA-scheduled products by 2030.