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EPC (Export promotion council)

From country perspective:

The Export Promotion Councils are non-profitable organizations, registered under the Indian Companies Act or the Societies Registration Act. They are supported by FINANCIAL assistance from the Government of India. Each Council is responsible for the promotion of a particular group of products, projects and services. The main role of the EPCs is to project India's image abroad as a reliable supplier of high quality goods and services.

No. of Export Promotion Councils in India are:

ENGINEERING EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
PROJECT EXPORTS PROMOTION COUNCIL OF INDIA
BASIC CHEMICALS, PHARMACEUTICALS AND COSMETICS EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
PLASTICS EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
COUNCIL FOR LEATHER EXPORTS
SPORTS GOODS EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
GEM AND JEWELLERY EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
SHELLAC & FOREST PRODUCTS EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
CASHEW EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIl
EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL FOR EOUS & SEZ UNITS
PHARMACEUTICAL EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
APPAREL EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
CARPET EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
COTTON TEXTILE EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL FOR HANDICRAFTS
HANDLOOM EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
INDIAN SILK EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
POWERLOOM DEVELOPMENT & EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL
SYNTHETIC & RAYON TEXTILE EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIl
WOOL & WOOLENS EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL

From exporter perspective:

The EPCs shall keep abreast of the trends and opportunities in international MARKETS for goods and services and assist their members in taking advantage of such opportunities in order to expand and diversify exports.

The major functions of the EPCs are:

To provide commercially useful information and assistance to their members in developing and increasing their exports.
To offer professional advice to their members in areas such as technology upgradation, quality and design improvement, standards and specifications, product development, innovation, etc
To organize visits of delegations of its members abroad to explore overseas MARKET opportunities.
To organize participation in TRADE fairs, exhibitions and buyer-seller meets in India and abroad.
To build a statistical base and provide data on the exports and imports of the country, exports and imports of their members, as well as other relevant international TRADE data.

An exporter may, on application, register and become a member of an Export Promotion Council. On being admitted to membership, the applicant shall be granted forthwith Registration-cum- Membership Certificate (RCMC) of the EPC concerned, subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified in this behalf.

How to register for RCMC, will be discussed in the next blog?

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