Commodity Boards:
There are five statutory
Commodity Boards
under the Department of Commerce. These Boards are
responsible for production, development and export
of tea, coffee, rubber, spices and tobacco.
(i) Coffee Board
The Coffee Board was
set up under Section (4) of the Coffee Act, 1942.
The Board is headed by a Chairman and functions
from Bangalore. The Board administers four
Regional Coffee Research Stations, a Coffee
Research Institute, a number of Regional Field
Stations and Coffee Demonstrations Farms.
The primary functions of the Board include
formulating and implementing programmes and
projects for growth and development of the coffee
industry; promoting coffee consumption in India
and exports in the international market;
supporting research; extension and developmental
activities for raising productivity; evolving pest
and disease resistant varieties; and prescribing
and enforcing quality standards at all stages.
(ii)
Rubber Board
The Rubber Board was set up
under Section (4) of the Rubber Act, 1947.
The Board is headed by a Chairman with head
quarters at Kottayam. It has five Zonal
Offices, thirty nine Regional Offices, a number of
Field Stations, Rubber Development Centers and
Regional Nurseries. The Board is responsible for
the development of the rubber industry by way of
assisting and encouraging scientific, technical
and economic research; supplying technical advice
to rubber growers; training growers in improved
methods of planting, cultivation and manuring and
collecting statistics from the owners of estates,
dealers, manufacturers.
(iii)
Tea Board
The Tea Board was constituted
as a Statutory Body on 1st April, 1954 under
Section (4) of the Tea Act, 1953. The Board
is headed by a Chairman with head office at
Kolkata. As an apex body for the tea
industry in India, the Board has two Zonal Offices
at Guwahati and Coonoor and 13 Regional Offices
spread over different parts of India, one Research
Centre at Kurseong (Darjeeling) and three foreign
offices in London, Moscow and Dubai. The primary
functions of the Board include rendering financial
and technical assistance for cultivation,
manufacture, marketing of tea; promoting tea
exports; aiding research and developmental
activities for augmentation of tea production and
improvement of tea quality; encouraging and
assisting the unorganized small growers sector
financially and technically and collecting &
maintaining statistical data and its publication
for the benefit of growers, processors and
exporters.
(iv) Tobacco Board
The Tobacco Board was
constituted as a Statutory Body on 1st January,
1976 under Section (4) of the Tobacco Act, 1975.
The Board is headed by a Chairman with
headquarters at Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, and is
responsible for the development of the tobacco
industry. The Board also has a Directorate
of Auctions at Bangalore and 18 Auction platforms
across the states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
The primary functions of the Board include
regulating the production and curing of Virginia
Tobacco; keeping a constant watch on the Virginia
Tobacco market in India and abroad; ensuring fair
and remunerative prices to growers; maintaining
and improving existing markets and developing new
markets abroad by devising appropriate marketing
strategies. The Board is entrusted with the
task of recommending to the Central Government the
minimum prices that may be fixed; regulating
tobacco marketing in India with due regard to the
interest of growers, manufacturers and dealers;
propagating information useful to growers, traders
and manufacturers and purchasing Virginia Tobacco
from the growers when the same is considered
necessary for protecting the interests of growers.
During the year 2009-10, a “Tobacco Board’s
Growers’ Welfare Fund”, has been created to
implement the “Tobacco Board’s Growers’
Welfare Schemes”, with one time contribution of
Rs.17.536 crores by the Tobacco Board. This
will be subject to the contribution from growers
and the Tobacco Board in the ratio of 1:2. A
rehabilitation package to Flue Cured Virginia (FCV)
tobacco farmers who wish to shift out of tobacco
cultivation is also being contemplated.
(v) Spices Board
The Spices Board was
constituted as a Statutory Body on 26th February,
1987 under Section (3) of the Spices Board Act,
1986. The Board is headed by a Chairman with its
head office at Kochi and is responsible for the
development of cardamom industry and promoting the
export of all the 52 Spices listed in the Spices
Board Act, 1986. The primary functions of the
Board include increasing the production and
productivity of small and large cardamom;
development, promotion and regulation of export of
spices; granting certificate for export of spices;
undertaking programmes and projects for promotion
of export of spices (like setting up of spices
parks, support of infrastructure improvement in
spices processing etc.); assisting and encouraging
studies and research for improvement of
processing, grading and packaging of spices;
striving towards stabilization of prices of spices
for export and controlling and upgrading quality
for export (including setting up of regional
quality evaluation labs and training centers). In
regard to cardamom, the Board also provides
financial and other assistance for cultivation and
processing of cardamom; monitoring prices;
increasing domestic consumption; improving
marketing; registering and licensing brokers
(including auctioneers), e-auction system;
undertaking, assisting or encouraging scientific,
technological and economic research and improving
quality. The Board also implements programmes for
development of spices in NE region and organic
spices in the country; it also supports programmes
aimed at better post harvest practices.
Marine Products Export
Development Authority, Cochin :
The
Marine Products Export Development Authority was set
up as a Statutory Body in 1972 under an Act of
Parliament (No.13 of 1972). The Authority,
with its headquarters at Kochi and field offices in
all the Maritime States of India, is headed by a
Chairman/Chairperson. The Authority is
responsible for development of the marine industry
with special focus on marine exports. Besides,
it has Trade Promotion Offices at Tokyo (Japan) and
New York (USA).
Address : MPEDA House, Panampilly Avenue,
COCHIN-682036.
Telephone : (91)484-311971
Fax : (91)484-313361.
Web Site :
http://www.mpeda.com
Agricultural and processed Food
Products Export Development Authority, New Delhi :
The Agricultural and Processed
Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
was established in 1986 as a Statutory Body under
an Act of Parliament. The Authority, with its
headquarters at New Delhi, is headed by a
Chairman. The Authority has five Regional Offices
at Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bangalore &
Mumbai and is entrusted with the task of promoting
agricultural exports, including the export of
processed foods in value added form. APEDA has
also been entrusted with monitoring of export of
14 agricultural and processed food product groups
listed in the Schedule to the APEDA Act. APEDA has
been actively engaged in the development of
markets besides upgradation of infrastructure and
quality to promote the export of agro products.
In its endeavour to promote agro products, APEDA
provides financial assistance to the registered
exporters under its Schemes for Market
Development, Infrastructure Development, Quality
Development, Research and Development and
Transport Assistance. During the year 2009-10,
APEDA has been empowered by an Act of Parliament
to enforce the Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
of Geographical Indications (GI) for Basmati Rice.
Address : 3rd Floor, NCUI Building, 3 Siri
Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, Hauz Khas,
NEW DELHI-110016.
Telephone : (91)11- 26513204, 26514572,
26513219
Fax : (91)11- 26534870
Email : headq@apeda.com
Web Site :
http://www.apeda.com
Export Inspection Council, New
Delhi:
The Export Inspection Council
was set up as a Statutory Body on 1st January,
1964 under Section 3 of the Export (Quality
Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 to ensure sound
development of export trade of India through
quality control and inspection and for matters
connected therewith. The Council is an advisory
body to the Central Government, with its office
located at New Delhi and is headed by a Chairman.
The Executive Head of the EIC is the Director of
Inspection & Quality Control who is
responsible for the enforcement of quality control
and compulsory pre-shipment inspection of various
commodities meant for export and notified by the
Government under the Export (Quality Control and
Inspection) Act, 1963. The Council is assisted in
its functions by the Export Inspection Agencies (EIAs),
which are field organizations located at Chennai,
Delhi, Kochi, Kolkata and Mumbai and have
state-of-art and accredited laboratories with the
required logistic support for quality
certification activities. These Agencies have a
network of thirty six sub-offices and laboratories
located at different ports or major industrial
centres to back up the pre-shipment inspection and
certification activities.
Address : 3rd Floor, NDYMCA Cultural
Centre Building, 1 Jai Singh Road, NEW DELHI-110001
Telephone : (91)11-23748188, (91)11-23748189,
(91)11-23365540
Fax : (91)11-23748024
Email : eic@eicindia.org
Website :
http://www.eicindia.org
Indian Institute of Foreign
Trade, New Delhi :
The Indian Institute of Foreign
Trade was registered in May, 1963 under the
Societies Registration Act, 1860. The
Institute, with its head office at New Delhi and
one regional branch at Kolkata, is headed by a
Director. The Institute has been conferred
“Deemed University” status and is engaged in
the following activities:-
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Conducting
academic courses leading to issue of degrees in
International Business & Export Management;
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Training
of personnel in international trade;
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Organizing
research on issues in foreign trade, marketing
research, area surveys, commodity surveys, market
surveys; and
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Dissemination
of information arising from its activities relating
to research and market studies.
Address : IIFT Bhawan, B-21 Kutub Institutional Area,
Mehrauli Road,
NEW DELHI-110016
Telephone : (91)11-6853055, (91)11-6853956.
Fax : (91)11-6853956.
Website : http://www.iift.edu
Indian Institute of Packaging,
Mumbai :
The Indian Institute of
Packaging was registered in May, 1966 under the
Societies Registration Act, 1860. The
Institute, with its office located at Mumbai and
branch offices at Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and
Hyderabad, is headed by a Director. The main
function of the Institute is to undertake research
on raw materials for the packaging industry,
organize training programmes on packaging
technology, consultancy services on packaging
problems and stimulate consciousness of the need
for good packaging.
Address : E-2, MIDC Area, Post Box No.
9432, Andheri (East), MUMBAI-400096
Telephone : (91)22-8219803, (91)22-8216751.
Fax : (91)22-8375302.
Website :
http://www.iip-in.com
Public Sector Undertakings :
State Trading Corporation
of India Limited (STC)
STC was set up on 18th May, 1956,
primarily with a view to undertake trade with East
European Countries and to supplement the efforts
of private trade and industry in developing
exports from the country. STC has played an
important role in country’s economy by arranging
imports of essential items of mass consumption
(such as wheat, pulses, sugar, etc.) into India
and developing exports of a large number of items
from India. The core strength of STC lies in
handling exports/ imports of bulk agro
commodities. During past 4-5 years, STC has
diversified into exports of steel raw materials,
gold jewellery and imports of bullion,
hydrocarbons, minerals, metals, fertilizers, petro-chemicals,
etc. Achieving record breaking performances
year-after-year, STC is today able to structure
and execute trade deals of any magnitude, as per
the specific requirement of its customers.
Address : Jawahar Vaypar Bhawan Tolstoy
Marg, NEW DELHI-110001.
Telephone : (91)11-23313177, (91)11-23701100
Fax : (91)11-23701123, 23701191
e-mail : co.stc@nic.in
Web Site : http://www.stc.gov.in
STCL
Ltd. is a subsidiary of
STC.
It was initially established in 1982 as Cardamom
Trading Corporation Ltd., a Government of India
undertaking under the Ministry of Commerce &
Industry. The company developed from a
solely cardamom trading corporation to become
Spices Trading Corporation Ltd., in 1987.
With globalization and opening of trade world
over, Spices Trading Corporation Ltd. was renamed
as STCL Ltd. STCL became a wholly owned
subsidiary of the State Trading Corporation of
India Ltd. in 1999. STCL is involved in
import, export and domestic trading of a varied
range of products, both agricultural as well as
non-agricultural. STCL, headed by a
Chairman, is headquartered in Bangalore.
Address : 166/2, 13th Main Road,
Vasanthnagar, BANGALORE-560052
Telephone :
(91)80-22286925,22286926,22260409,22381376
Fax : (91)80-22285086.
e-mail : stcl@bgl.vsnl.net.in
Website :
http://www.stcl.india.com
MMTC
Limited
The MMTC Limited (Minerals and
Metals Trading Corporation) was created in 1963 as
an individual entity on separation from State
Trading Corporation of India Ltd. primarily to
deal in exports of minerals and ores and imports
of non-ferrous metals. In 1970, MMTC took
over imports of fertilizer raw materials and
finished fertilizers. Over the years import
and exports of various other items like steel,
diamonds, bullion, etc. were progressively added
to the portfolio of the company. Keeping
pace with the national economic development, MMTC
over the years has grown to become the largest
trading organization in India.
Address : Core 1, Scope Complex, 7,
Institutional Area, Lodhi
Road,, NEW DELHI-110003.
Telephone : (91)11- 4362200,
Fax : (91)11-4362224.
Website :
http://www.mmtclimited.org
PEC Limited
The PEC Ltd (Project and
Equipment Corporation of India) was carved out of
the STC in 1971-72 to take over the canalized
business of STC’s railway equipment division, to
diversify into turn-key projects especially
outside India and to aid & assist in promotion
of exports of Indian engineering equipment. With
effect from 23rd May, 1990, PEC became a
subsidiary of the then newly formed Holding
Company, Bharat Business International Ltd.
Thereafter, from 27th March, 1991, PEC became an
independent company directly owned by Government
of India. The main functions of PEC Ltd.
includes export of projects, engineering equipment
and manufactured goods, defence equipment &
stores; import of industrial raw materials,
bullion and agro commodities; consolidation of
existing lines of business and simultaneously
developing new products and new markets;
diversification in export of non-engineering items
eg. Coal & coke, iron ore, edible oils, steel
scraps, etc.; and structuring counter trade/
special trading arrangements for further exports.
Address : 'Hansalaya',
15, Barakhamba Road,
New Delhi - 110001
Telephone : (91) 11-3316372, 3314426
Fax : (91)-11-3314797, 3313804
Website :
http://www.peclimited.com
Export Credit Guarantee
Corporation of India Limited (ECGC)
The Corporation was established
in 1957 as the Export Risk Insurance Corporation
of India Ltd. Keeping in view the wider role
played by the Corporation, the name was changed to
Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd.
(ECGC). The ECGC is the premier organization
in the country, which offers credit risk insurance
cover to exporters, banks, etc. The primary
objective of the Corporation is to promote the
country’s exports by covering the risk of export
on credit. It provides (a) a range of
insurance covers to Indian exporters against the
risk of non-realization of export proceeds due to
commercial or political causes and (b) different
types of guarantees to banks and other financial
institutions to enable them to extend credit
facilities to exporters on liberal basis.
Address : Express Tower, 10thFloor, P.B.No.
373,Nariman Point ,MUMBAI-400021.
Telephone : (91)22-2022587, (91)22-2024852.
Fax : (91)22-2045253, (91)22-2023267.
Website :
http://www.ecgcindia.com
India Trade Promotion Organization
(ITPO)
India Trade
Promotion Organization has been formed by merging
erstwhile Trade Development Authority (TDA) with
Trade Fair Authority of India (TFAI) with effect
from 1st January, 1992. India Trade
Promotion Organization is the premier trade
promotion agency of India and provides a broad
spectrum of services to trade and industry so as
to promote India’s exports. These services
include organization of trade fairs and
exhibitions in India and abroad, Buyer-Seller
Meets, Contact Promotion Programmes apart from
information dissemination on products and markets.
Address : Pragati Bhawan, Pragati Maidan,
NEW DELHI-110001.
Telephone : (91)11- 23371491
Fax : (91)11-23371492, 23371493
Web site :
http://www.indiatradefair.com
Export Promotion Councils
(EPCs)
Presently,
there are fourteen Export Promotion
Councils
under the administrative control of the Department
of Commerce. Names and addresses of these
Councils are given in Annexure 1.2. These
Councils are registered as non-profit
organizations under the Companies Act/ Societies
Registration Act. The Councils perform both
advisory and executive functions. The role
and functions of these Councils are guided by the
Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14. These
Councils are also the registering authorities for
exporters under the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14.
Other Organisations
Federation of Indian Export Organisations :
The Federation of
Indian Export Organizations set up in 1965, is an
Apex body registered under the Societies Registrations
Act XXI of 1860, of various export promotion
organizations and institutions with its major
regional offices at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and
Kolkata. The main objective of FIEO is to
render an integrated package of services to
various organizations connected with export
promotion. It provides the content, direction and
thrust to India’s global export effort. It
also functions as a primary servicing agency to
provide integrated assistance to its members
comprising professional exporting firms holding
recognition status granted by the Government,
consultancy firms and service providers. The
Federation organizes seminars and arranges
participation in various exhibitions in India and
abroad. It also brings out ‘FIEO News’,
for creating awareness amongst its member
exporters and importers.
Address : Niryat Bhawan, Rao Tula Ram
Marg, Opp. Army Hospital Research & Referral,
NEW DELHI-110 016
Telephone : (91)11-26150101-04; 46042222
Fax : (91)11-26148194
E-Mail :
fieo@nda.vsnl.net.in
Web Site : http://www.fieo.org
Indian Council of Arbitration,
New Delhi :
The Indian Council of
Arbitration, India’s premier Arbitral Institution,
is a Society registered under the Societies
Registration Act, 1860 operating on no profit basis,
with its head office in New Delhi and eight branches
with a pan India network. The organization
originally established in 1965 promotes and
administers the use of Alternative Dispute
Resolution mechanisms in commercial disputes,
thereby expediting dispute resolution and
encouraging greater domestic and international
commerce. The main objectives of the Council are to
promote the knowledge and use of arbitration and
provide arbitration facilities for amicable and
quick settlement of commercial disputes with a view
to maintaining the smooth flow of trade,
particularly export trade on a sustained and
enduring basis.
Address : Federation House, Tansen Marg,
NEW DELHI-110001.
Telephone : (91)11-3319251, (91)11-3719103.
Fax : (91)11-3320714 (91)11-3721501.
Indian Diamond Institute,
Surat :
With the objective
of enhancing the quality, design and global
competitiveness of the Indian Jewellery, the
Indian Diamond Institute was established as a
Society in 1978 with its office located at Surat.
The Institute is sponsored by the Department of
Commerce and patronized by the Gems and Jewellery
Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The Institute
conducts various diploma and other courses related
to diamond trade and industry. The three year
diploma course on Diamond, Gem & Jewellery
Design & Manufacture conducted by IDI has been
accredited by All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE). The Institute also has
certification services for diamonds, coloured
stones and gold jewellery. IDI has a Gem Testing
Lab (GTL), which is recognized by Government of
India as an approved Diamond Grading /
Certification Institution for cut and polished
diamonds up to weight of 0.25 carat. The Institute
has been recognized world over as a Diamond
Certification and Grading Laboratory. The
Laboratory services provided by IDI are ISO
9001:2000 quality compliant. The Institute also
has Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Centre of Jewellery
Design and Manufacture (SVJDM) which offers
advanced courses in Jewellery Design and
Manufacture.
Address : Katargam, GIDC, Post Box No.
508, Sumul Dairy Road, SURAT-395008. Gujrat.
Telephone : (91)261-480809
Fax : (91)261-481110.
E-mail : idisurat@vsnl.com
Web Site :
http://www.diamondinstitute.net
Footwear
Design & Development Institute (FDDI)
Footwear Design and Development Institute was
established in the year 1986 as a Society under
the Societies Registration Act, 1860 with an
objective to train the professional manpower for
footwear industry. The Institute is an ISO:9001
and ISO:14001 certified Institute, which conducts
wide range of long term and short term programmes
in the area of Retail Management, Fashion,
Footwear Merchandising, Marketing, Creative Design
& CAD/CAM and Leather Goods & Accessories Design,
etc. The Institute, having Pan-India presence with
seven well designed campuses at Noida, Fusatganj,
Chennai, Kolkata, Rohtak, and Chhindwara & Jodhpur
is providing trained human resource to the
industry besides the upcoming campus at Guna.
Crossing the national boundaries, the Institute is
providing consultancy and training to the South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
countries besides African countries in the area of
footwear design, technology and management.
Address:
FOOTWEAR DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
A - 10 / A, Sector – 24, NOIDA -
201301
Gautam Budh Nagar,
Uttar Pradesh, INDIA.
Tel: +91-120-4500100
Fax: +91(120) 2412556,
2411301
Email:
contact@fddiindia.com
Website:
http://www.fddiindia.com
National Centre for Trade
Information.
National Centre for
Trade Information was set up in 1995 with a view
to create an institutional mechanism for
collection and dissemination of trade data and
improving information services to the business
community, especially small and medium
enterprises. NCTI is a Government of India
recognized Trade Point in India under the Trade
Efficiency Programme of United Nations Conference
on Trade & Development (UNCTAD). NCTI is the
Operational Trade Point in India and is also the
recognized Focal Point of Trade Analysis and
Information System (TRAINS) of UNCTAD Trade Point
Development Centre (UNTPDC). NCTI is promoted by
India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) and
National Informatics Centre (NIC).
Address : NCTI Complex, Pragati Maidan,
NEW DELHI-110001.
Telephone : (91)11-3371950/51/53/80/81
Fax : (91)11-3371979
E-Mail : ncti@x400.nicgw.nic.in
Web Site:
http://www.ncti-india.com
Price
Stabilization Fund Trust
The Price Stabilization Fund
(PSF)
Scheme was launched by Government of India in
April 2003 against the backdrop of decline in
international and domestic prices of tea, coffee,
rubber, and tobacco causing distress to primary
growers. The growers of these commodities were
particularly affected due to substantial reduction
in unit value realization for these crops, at
times falling below their cost of production. The
objective of the Scheme is to safeguard the
interests of the growers of these commodities and
provide financial relief when prices fall below a
specified level without resorting to the practice
of procurement operations by the Government
agencies. The Scheme is being operationalized
through the Price Stabilization Fund Trust. As on
31 October 2009, the PSF Corpus Fund consists of
Rs.435.19 crore, out of which Rs.432.88 crore has
been contributed by Government of India and
Rs.2.31 crore by growers by way of entry fee.
A Personal Accident Insurance
Scheme is also under implementation by PSFT
through National Insurance Corporation Ltd., which
provides insurance cover to the growers in the
sectors of tea, coffee, rubber, tobacco and spices
(chillies, cardamom, ginger, turmeric and pepper)
having plantations up to 4 hectares. The Scheme
also covers all plantation workers working on
these plantations regardless of the size of
holdings. The insurance cover is up to Rs. 1.00
lakh per person. The premium of Rs.17/- is shared
between the beneficiary and the PSF Trust in the
ratio 50:50. The target coverage is 57.17 lakh
growers and workers.
Address : R.No. 2003, 20th
Floor, Jawahar Vyapar Bhawan,
Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place,
NEW DELHI-110001.
GS1-India
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the Ministry of Commerce (GOI) and Indian Industry
to spread awareness and provide guidance on adoption
of global standards in Supply Chain Management by
Indian Industry for the benefit of consumers,
Industry, Govt. etc.
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to issue company prefix numbers for use in barcodes,
RFID tags etc. for unique, unambiguous and universal
identification of products, cartons, containers etc.
GS1 standards find wide application in Supply Chains
across sectors for unique-yet-universal product,
consignment and entity identification, EDI
(Electronic Data Interchange), product data
synchronisation etc. GS1 standards are the dc-facto
global standards in identification of consumer
products in Retail. GS1 India is an affiliate of GS1
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(Belgium) and Lawrenceville, New Jersey (U.S.A.),
which oversees operations of a network of over 100
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