APEDA Registration Online - Procedure, Fees, Document Required, Benefits

Scheduled product is a list of all the products that come under APEDA Registration, or in simpler terms, it defines all the products that need APEDA License for export in India. These products are listed under the APEDA Act, and exporters of such scheduled products must register under APEDA.

The term agricultural processed food includes nearly all the food items that we could have. For more clarity, here are the specific/scheduled products that come under APEDA Registration.

• 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 Plan

Being a farmer/ businessman, you may doubt in mind that why should APEDA Registration be required? What benefits does the APEDA license provide to you?

For this query, let's know the benefits that RCMC (Registration Cum Membership Certificate) could bring to you. The benefits of APEDA registration are as follows:

1. The validity of RCMC is a lifetime. It is a one-time registration process only.
2. Mandatory for exporters of scheduled products
3. Application for financial assistance scheme of APEDA can be availed only after registration.
4. It enables registered members to participate in training programs organized in various industries for scheduled products.

Having clarity in mind regarding APEDA, you might be willing to register yourself too under APEDA Registration. Without knowing the documents that you require for applying to APEDA, it would be difficult for you. The following documents are required for APEDA Registration. The APEDA Registration documents needed for a merchant and manufacturer have a bit of difference in them.

For Merchant Exporter (person only involved in trading)

• Self certified copy of IEC Code issued by DGFT
• Cancelled Cheque
• Copy of Central Food License issued by FSSAI

For Manufacturer Exporter (person involved in trading as well as manufacturing)

• Self certified copy of IEC issued by DGFT.
• Business Registration Certificate
• Cancelled Cheque
• Central Food License

It has often been suggested that an essential element of “Make in India” has to be “Bake in India,” i.e., a renewed focus on value addition and processed agricultural products. The APEDA registration process is a multi-step process and needs proper and legal knowledge. Help from the experts is advised to ease the process of the APEDA application. You can apply for RCMC with just three simple steps with us.

Step 1: Fill our simple form with basic details like name, email, and phone number. Receive a call back from our team of experts.

Step 2: Provide necessary documents with only 50% advance payment

Step 3: Your Registration will be done successfully, and then you can proceed with the rest of the payment.