Functions/Roles of Export Promotion Councils


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FUNCTIONS/ROLES OF Export Promotion Councils

  1. Providing information: To assist exporters to understand, interpret and implement the export policies and export assistance schemes of Government.
  2. Providing assistance: To provide assistance in export promotional activities such as external publicity, participation in fairs and exhibitions, promotion of exclusive exhibitions and trade fairs of specific products.
  3. Collecting data: To collect complete data on export growth, the problems faced by exporters, the specific help needed by the manufacturers and present the same to the Government in order to enable it to evolve appropriate export policies.
  4. Acting as liaison: To carry on an effective liaison with industry and trade in order to identify the problems in export activities.
  5. Sending trade delegations: To make arrangements for sending trade delegations and study teams to one or more countries for promoting the export of specific products and to circulate the reports of specific products and diversifying to new products.
  6. Opening office abroad: To open offices abroad to help exporters in consolidating the existing exports and diversifying to new products.
  7. Registering authority:  To ct as registering authority under the import policy for registered exporters and to help them in expanding overseas market for their products.
  8. Motivating exporters: To create consciousness among exporters through seminars, discussion and to motivate them for export promotion.
  9. Co-operation with EIC:  To provide co operation to the export inspection council on quality control and preshipment inspection of export goods.
  10. Disposing applications:  To provide assistance to members for speedy disposal of export assistance applications
  11. Offering guidance:  To offer guidance to member on various matters like utilization of GSP, export finance, insurance of goods and joint ventures aboard.
  12. Indicating export opportunities:  To collect and supply market information to exporter and thereby to help them to take benefits to take benefits of export opportunities available abroad.
  13. Settling disputes:  To help the member in settling their trade disputes through peaceful negotiations.
  14. Solving transport problems:  To help members to resolve their transport problems.
  15. Concessions:  To assist members in getting freight and other concessions for shipping conferences.
  16. Issuing certificate of origin:  To issue certificate of origin to Indian exporters certifying the origin of goods.

The EPCs helps Indian exporters through these functions in direct or indirect ways.  They provide various services to Indian exporting communities.  Each EPC has its working committee which elected by the members

 

EPCs do not provide financial or other type of direct assistance.  They are purely advisory in character.  All exporters of products, coming under the purview of council, are entitled to become member of the council.  The members have to pay an annual subscription fee for the services rendered to them by the council. All members are given Registrations-Cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC) for the respective EPC. This certificate is useful for securing the benefits of various concessions and incentives offered by the government for export promotions.

 

 

 


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