AD Code Registration in India
Get AD Code Registration at just ₹2,999 only!
AD Code, or Authorized Dealer Code, is a 7-digit number issued by banks for managing foreign currency transactions. For every exporting business, Import Export Code (IEC) Registration and AD Code Registration are the two essential compliance requirements.
ICEGATE Registration plays a key role in customs clearance of goods from India, and AD Code registration on the ICEGATE portal must be completed for each port separately. This port registration ensures that all foreign currency transactions in the exporter’s current bank account are legitimate and compliant with RBI regulations.
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Learn the complete step-by-step process to apply for AD Code Registration in India for exporters.
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The documents required for AD Code Registration are followed as:-
Our Team of Professionals can help you in getting the documents prepared for your application.
Here is the overview of the fee structure for AD code Registration which is mentioned below:
Application Fee for AD Code registration is Rs. 2,999/- (It is a one time fee which has to be borne by the exporter).There is no government fee for AD Code registration.
Note: The aforementioned Fees is exclusive of GST.
AD Code Registration is a process by which an Authorized Dealers (AD) Code is obtained from the Reserve Bank of India. This unique code is allotted to entities involved in foreign exchange transactions. For instance, importers and exporters have to use the AD Code allotted to them in undertaking their businesses. The AD Code plays a pivotal role in international trade and ensures adherence to the provisions laid down for foreign exchange-related activities. To obtain the AD Code, the business must present the documents for identity, address proof, registration, and other formalities to the authorized dealer bank along with the application form. After approval, it permits businesses to involve themselves in foreign exchange transactions.
AD Code registration is very important for export operations because it:
It basically links your business, bank, and customs, making it easy for trade to happen across borders.
AD Code registration offers several advantages that make export operations faster, compliant, and financially rewarding:
To register an AD Code, there are certain conditions required to fulfill at the time of registering AD Code.
The AD Code is usually registered on the ICEGATE website within 2 to 3 business days. This quick process lets exporters create shipping bills and get customs approval without any delays. The AD Code never expires and acts as a lasting identifier for all your export activities. If there are any changes, like a new bank, AD branch, or shipping port, you need to update the AD Code on ICEGATE with the new details.
Keeping the AD Code registered and up to date makes exporting easier, speeds up customs clearance, and helps follow RBI and FEMA rules. This creates a reliable and smooth setup for doing business internationally
AD code registration can be done online on the ICEGATE portal for each port separately. It is mandatory to register AD code on the port where you intend to import goods. The 13 major ports in India are listed below.
| Port Location | ICEGATE AD code Registration | Port Code |
|---|---|---|
| Mumbai | Nhava Sheva Port registration | INNSA1 |
| Tamil Nadu | Ennore Port Registration | INENR1 |
| Gujarat | Kandla Port Registration | INIXY6 |
| Chennai | Chennai Port Registration | INMAA6 |
| West Bengal | Kolkata Port Registration | INCCU1 |
| Karnataka | New Mangalore Port Registration | INNML1 |
| Kerala | Cochin Port Registration | INCOK4 |
| Orissa | Paradip Port Registration | INPRT1 |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai Port Registration | INBOM6 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam Port Registration | INVTZ6 |
| Tamil Nadu | Tuticorin Port Registration | INTNC6 |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair Port Registration | INIXZ1 |
| Goa | Mormugao Port registration | INMRM1 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| ACC Coimbatore Sriperumbudur ICD (INCJB4) | AGARTALA LCS (INAGTB) | AZHIKKAL PORT (INAZK1) |
| Agra ICD (INBLJ6) | Ahmedabad ACC (INAMD4) | Alang (INALA1) |
| Alang (INALA1) | Amingaon ICD (INAMG6) | Amritsar ACC (INATQ4) |
| Amritsar Rail Cargo (INASR2) | Ankaleshwar ICD (INAKV6) | Arakkanom ICD (INAJJ6) |
| BADDI ICD (INBDI6) | BAIRGANIA (INBGUB) | BALASORE CONCOR ICD (INBLE6) |
| BANBASA LCS (INBSAB) | BANKOT PORT (INBKT1) | BARHI ICD (INRUG6) |
| BHAMBOLI ICD (INGRW6) | BHIMNAGAR (INBNRB) | BHITAMORE (INBTMB) |
| BIRPARA (INDLOB) | Ballagharh ICD (INFBD6) | Bangalore ACC (INBLR4) |
| Banglore ICD (INWFD6) | Bawal ICD (INBAW6) | Bedi Port (INBED1) |
| Behrni LCS (INBNYB) | Beypore Port (INBEY1) | Bhavnagar Port (INBHU1) |
| Bhilwara ICD (INBHL6) | Bhiwadi ICD (INBWD6) | Bhubaneswar Air Cargo (INBBI4) |
| Bhusswal ICD (INBSL6) | Borkhedi ICD (INBOK6) | Butibori ICD (INNGB6) |
| CFS Albartoss ICD Dadri (INAPL6) | CFS Mulund (INMUL6) | CFS STARTRACK DADARI (INSTT6) |
| CGM DADARI (INCPL6) | CH Chennai (INMAA1) | CH Cochin (INCOK1) |
| CH Goa (INMRM1) | CH Kakinada (INKAK1) | CH Kandla (INIXY1) |
| CH Mangalore (INNML1) | CH Mundra (INMUN1) | CH Tuticorin (INTUT1) |
| CHAMURCHI (INCHMB) | CHANGRABANDHA (INCBDB) | CHAWAPAYAL ICD (INCPR6) |
| CONCOR DADARI (INDER6) | CONCOR ICD JHARSUGUDA (INJSG6) | CSF Nashik (INNSK6) |
| CUDDALORE PORT (INCDL1) | Calicut ACC (INCCJ4) | Chakeri Kanpur ICD (INCPC6) |
| Cheherta ICD (INASR6) | Chennai ACC (INMAA4) | Chettipalayam Tirpur ICD (INCHE6) |
| Chinchwad Pune ICD (INCCH6) | Cochin ACC (INCOK4) | Concor Kanakpura Jaipur ICD (INKKU6) |
| Custom House Pondicherry (INPNY1) | DABGRAM ICD (INNJP6) | DABHOL PORT (INDHP1) |
| DAPPAR ICD (INDPR6) | DESUR ICD (INDRU6) | DHAHANU PORT (INDHU1) |
| DHAMRA Port (INDMA1) | DHANNAD ICD (INDHA6) | DHARCHULA LCS (INDLAB) |
| DIGHI PORT (INDIG1) | Dahej Port (INDAH1) | Dashrath Badodra ICD (INBRC6) |
| Delhi ACC (INDEL4) | Dharmatar Port Mumbai (INDMT1) | Dighi ICD (INDIG6) |
| Durgapur ICD (INDUR6) | GRFL Sahnewal Ludhiana ICD (INSGF6) | GUWAHATI AIR CARGO (INGAU4) |
| Gangavaram Port (INGGV1) | Ennor Port (INENR1) | FULBARI (INFBRB) |
| Faridabad Sec-25 ICD (INBVC6) | GALGALIA (INGALB) | GHOJADANGA LCS (INGJXB) |
| GOPALPUR PORT (INGPR1) | Gari Harasaru ICD (INGHR6) | Goa ACC (INGOI4) |
| HTPL ICD Kilaraipur (INQRH6) | Hazira Port, Surat (INHZA1) | Hira Boruse Surat ICD (INHIR6) |
| Hosur ICD (INHSU6) | Hyderabad ACC (INHYD4) | Hyderabad ICD (INSNF6) |
| ICD CONCOR Dhandari Kalan Ludhiana (INLDH6) | Intore ACC (INIDR4) | Irugur ICD (INIGU6) |
| Irungattukottai Sriperumbudur ICD (INILP6) | JAJPUR ICD (INJJK6) | JAKHAU PORT (INJAK1) |
| JAMNAGAR AIR CARGO (INJGA4) | JAMSHEDPUR ICD (INIXW6) | JAYANAGAR (INJAYB) |
| JHULAGHAT LCS (INJHOB) | JNCH (INNSA1) | JRY Kanpur ICD (INKNU6) |
| Jaigarh Port Maharashtra (INJGD1) | Jaipur ACC (INJAI4) | Jaipur ICD (INJAI6) |
| Jalandhar ICD (INJUC6) | Janori ACC (INJNR4) | Janori ICD (INJNR6) |
| Jattipur ICD (INDWN6) | KALINGANAGAR ICD (INSKD6) | KAMARDWISA LCS (INPBLB) |
| KANECH ICD SAHNEWAL (INSNI6) | KARAIKAL SEA Port (INKRK1) | KARIMGANJ LCS (INKGJ1) |
| KELSHI PORT (INKSH1) | KERN ICD MADURAI (INMDU6) | KILARAIPUR ADANI ICD (INQRP6) |
| KODINAR PORT (INKDN1) | KRIBHCO Surat ICD (INKBC6) | KUNAULI (INKNLB) |
| Karwar Port (INKRW1) | Kashipur ICD (INHPI6) | Kattupalli Port (INKAT1) |
| Khurja ICD (INAIK6) | Kolkata ACC (INCCU4) | Kolkata CH (INCCU1) |
| Kollam Port (INKUK1) | Kota ICD (INKTT6) | Krishnapatnam Port (INKRI1) |
| LAUKAHA (INLKQB) | LCS Attari Road (INATRB) | LCS DARRANGA (INDRGB) |
| LCS HILLI (INHLIB) | LCS Jaigaon (INJIGB) | LCS Jogbani (INJBNB) |
| LCS MAHADIPUR (INMHDB) | LCS Nepalgunj Road (INNGRB) | LCS Pertapole (INPTPB) |
| LCS Raxaul (INRXLB) | LCS Thoothibari (INNTVB) | LUCKNOW AIR CARGO (INLKO4) |
| Loni ICD (INLON6) | Lucknow Air Cargo (INLOK4) | LOKSAN LCS (INCRXB) |
| Vizag Port (INVTZ1) | Waluj Aurangabad ICD (INWAL6) | Wardha ICD (INCHJ6) |
| concor Jodhpur ICD (INBGK6) | karur ICD (INKAR6) | kottayam ICD (INKYM6) |
| Vapi ICD (INVPI6) | Varanasi Air Cargo (INVNS4) | Veerappandi ICD (INTHO6) |
| Verna ICD (INMDG6) | Vijaydurg Port (INVYD1) | Vishakhapatnam Air Cargo (INVTZ4) |
| Thudiyalur ICD (INTDE6) | Pitampur ICD (ININD6) | Tikonia LCS (INTKNB) |
| Tiruchirapalli Air Cargo (INTRZ4) | Tirupur Paakiyapalayam ICD (INTUP6) | Tondiapet ICD (INTVT6) |
| Trivandrum ACC (INTRV4) | Talegaon Pune ICD (INTLG6) | Tarapur ICD (INBNG6) |
| Thar Dry Port Jodhpur ICD (INTHA6) | Thar Dry Port Sanand ICD (INSAU6) | |
| Tuglakabad ICD (INTKD6) | Tumb ICD (INSAJ6) | Tuticorin ICD (INTUT6) |
| VIRAMGAM ICD (INVGR6) | VIZHINJAM PORT (INVZJ1) | Vadinar Port (INVAD1) |
| Thimmapur ICD (INTMX6) | Thrissur ICD (INTCR6) | Sahar ACC (INBOM4) |
| Singanallur ICD (INSLL6) | Sonauli LCS (INSNLB) | Sonepat ICD (INBDM6) |
| Srinagar Air Cargo (INSXR4) | TUNA PORT (INTUN1) | SIKKA PORT (INSIK1) |
| SINGHABAD RAILWAY STATION MALDA (INSNG2) | SONABARSA (INSNBB) | SRIMANTAPUR LCS (INSMPB) |
| Sabarmati Ahmedabad ICD (INSBI6) | Sachin ICD (INSAC6) | Rewari ICD (INREA6) |
| SACHANA ICD (INJKA6) | SALAYA PORT GUJRAT (INSAL1) | SATTVA BENGALURU ICD (INKQZ6) |
| SEA PORT- PORT BLAIR (INIXZ1) | SHED KIDDERPORE TT (INTTS1) | RANPAR PORT Ratnagiri Maharashtra (INRNR1) |
| REDI PORT (INRED1) REVDANDA PORT (INRVD1) | Raiganj LCS (INRGJ2) | Raipur ICD (INRAI6) |
| Ratlam ICD (INRTM6) | Piyala ICD (INBFR6) | Porbandar Port (INPBD1) |
| Powarkheda ICD (INPRK6) | RADHIKAPUR RAILWAY STATION (INRDP2) | RAJSICO Basni Jodhpur ICD (INJUX6) |
| RANAGHAT RAILWAY STATION NADIA (INRNG2) | Paradeep Port (INPRT1) | Patli ICD (INPTL6) |
| Patparganj ICD (INPPG6) | Pimpri ICD (INPMP6) | Pipavav Port (INPAV1) |
| Pali Rewari ICD (INPKR6) | Palwal ICD (INPWL6) | Panaji Port (INPAN1) |
| Panipat ICD (INPNP6) | Panki ICD (INPNK6) | Pantnagar ICD (INHDD6) |
| PCCCC Bandra-Kurla Complex (INDPC4) | PIPRAUN (INKJIB) | PSWC Dhandari Kalan Ludhiana (INDDL6) |
| PULICHAPALLAM ICD (INPNY6) | PUNE AIR CARGO (INPNQ4) | Pakwara Moradabad ICD (INMBD6) |
| Nagpur ICD (INNGP6) Navlakhi Port (INNAV1) | Okha Port (INOKH1) | Old Mangalore Port (INIXE1) |
| Old Mundra Port (INOMU1) | PANITANKI NAXALBARI (INPNTB) | Marripalaem ICD (INGNR6) |
| Modinagar ICD (INMUZ6) | NAGPUR AIR CARGO (INNAG4) | NAYA RAIPUR CONCOR ICD (INRML6) |
| NCH Mumbai (INBOM1) | Nagapattinam (INNPT1) | Madhosingh ICD (INMBS6) |
| Madurai Air Cargo (INIXM4) | Magdalla Port (INMDA1) | Malanpur ICD (INMPR6) |
| Maliwada ICD (INMWA6) | Mandideep ICD (INMDD6) | MIHAN ICD (INKPK6) |
| MOREH LCS (INMREB) | MUHURIGHAT LCS (INMHGB) |
AD Code Registration is one of the most important mandatory regulatory requirements for a business dealing with foreign exchange transactions in India. This 7-digit number is an exclusive number for recognizing transactions across the border in a transparent and traceable way. When a business submits and verifies documents, it becomes possible to acquire the AD Code for hassle-free international operations within a regulatory framework. The benefits of acquiring an Authorized Dealer Code from an RBI-authorized bank are that businesses can easily carry out their import and export operations smoothly and compliantly. To know more about AD Code Registration consult Professional Utilities.
AD Code Registration is the process of obtaining a unique identifier from an RBI-authorized bank to manage foreign exchange transactions for export-import businesses.
It is required to enable customs clearance, RBI-compliant foreign exchange tracking, export incentives, and smooth international trade operations.
You can apply online by submitting the required documents through your bank and completing the registration on the ICEGATE portal.
Essential documents include AD Code letter from bank, IEC certificate, PAN, GST certificate, cancelled cheque, and company or identity proofs.
ICEGATE links your AD Code with the selected port, allowing shipping bill generation, customs verification, and smooth export operations.
The AD Code registration fee is a payment of ₹2,999, payable by the exporter.
Register your AD Code by submitting documents to your bank, obtaining the AD Code letter, and activating it on the ICEGATE portal for your port.
A Class 3 Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) in the name of the IEC holder is required for ICEGATE AD Code submission.
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