Export Promotion

Councils
Group:1
Akash Agarwal
Arjun Vaseer
Utpala Rai
Rajeev Gandotra
Paras Bhandula
Mathew Rajath Thomson

INTRODUCTION
The EPCs are non-profit organisations registered under the Companies Act
or the Societies Registration Act.
The EPCs shall be autonomous and regulate their own affairs.
The EPCs shall be required to obtain the approval of the Central
Government for participation in trade fairs, exhibitions etc and for sending
sales teams/ delegations abroad.
In order to give a boost and impetus to exports, it is imperative that the
EPCs function as professional bodies and for this purpose, executives with
a professional background in commerce, management and international
marketing and having experience in government and industry should be
brought into the EPCs.

OBJECTIVE & ROLE OF EPCs

The basic objective of Export Promotion Councils is to promote and develop
the exports of the country. 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. In particular, the EPCs shall
encourage and monitor the observance of international standards and
specifications by exporters. 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.

FUNCTIONS OF EPCs
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 organise visits of delegations of its members abroad to explore overseas market
opportunities;
To organise participation in trade fairs, exhibitions and buyer-seller meets in India and
abroad;
To promote interaction between the exporting community and the Government both at the
Central and State levels; and
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.

Budget Allocation :
Total- Assistance for Export Promotion and Market Development is Rs 2844.93 crores which is divided
below :
Export Subsidy : 1209.93 crores
Interest Subsidy to banks : 1625 crores
Grants-in-aid to Export Promotion and MDO : 50 crores
Total Development of Free Trade/Export Processing Zones/Special Economic Zones is 311.48 crores .
Highest amount spent on Kandla followed by Noida SEZ.
Lowest Spent on Jodhpur SEZ.
Source : http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2015-16/eb/sbe12.pdf

Membership Procedure of EPCES

To service the export promotional needs of 100% Export Oriented Units (EOUs), Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Units
and SEZ Developers in the country.
There are 7 Special Economic Zones in the country and there are three categories of EPCES members.
Membership Procedure for EOUs and SEZ Units
Unit is issued Letter of Approval to set up an EOU or SEZ unit by the office of the concerned Development
Commissioner.
They are required to submit the duly filled up application form along with the necessary documents and membership
fee with the concerned office of Development Commissioner.
The members in the category of Export Oriented Units (EOUs) and Special Economic Zone Units are required to pay
membership subscription as per their export turnover of the preceding year.
After the application form is submitted, it is sent to the concerned Development Commissioners office for issuance of
membership number. The membership number is intimated to the unit by the Development Commissioner office with a
copy to EPCES Head Office at New Delhi. After the issuance of membership number by the DCs office, the Council
issues membership certificate to the unit. The membership certificate is issued only one time at the time of admission.

Membership Procedure for SEZ Developers

As soon as a company receives an In-principle approval from the Board of Approval (BOA)
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India, they are eligible to become member of
EPCES. The Developer shall send duly filled in application form along with copy of the latest
approval and membership fee to EPCES head office at New Delhi.
One time admission fee for SEZ Developers

Yearly Membership subscription for SEZs

After scrutinizing the application form, the Director General EPCES issues the membership
number to the Developer and subsequently the membership certificate is issued to the party. This
membership certificate is also issued one time

How they have changed the face of exports in India?

1. CONTRIBUTION OF EOUs and SEZs TO THE INDIAN ECONOMY
EOUs and SEZs play a prime role in the growth of exports from the country and in 2014-15 total export
from EOUs & SEZs were recorded at Rs. 5,28,091 crores (US $ 83 Billion). Of these exports from EOUs
stood at Rs. 64,321 crores (US $ 10 Billion) and those from SEZs at Rs.4, 63,770 crores (US $ 73 Billion).
EOUs/SEZs cover major industrial sectors, like textiles, garments & Yarns, Gems & Jewellery, Leather
goods, Food & Agro Products, Electronics & Software, Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals, Engineering,
minerals, Granites & other stones, Plastic & Rubber Goods etc.
2. ACTIVITIES OF EPCES
EPCES represents EOU/SEZ Sector, which has approx. 6,000 operational EOUs/SEZ Units/ SEZ
Developers spread all over the country. EOU/SEZ Sector contributes Rs. 5,28,091 crores (US $ 83 Billion)
in our export basket with a significant contribution of approx.30% in national exports.
Source: www.epces.in

SEZ UNITS

EOU
EOUs

TOTAL

Year

SEZ Units

TOTAL

Rs. In
Crore

US $
Million

Rs. In
Crore

US $
Million

Rs. In
Crore

US $
Million

1992-93

1376

474

2170

748

3546

1222

1993-94

1960

632

3086

995

5046

1627

1994-95

2653

856

4710

1519

7363

2375

1995-96

3236

981

7009

2123

10245

3104

1996-97

4339

1240

8729

2494

13068

3734

1997-98

4817

1302

10279

2778

15096

4080

1998-99

5252

1250

12058

2871

17311

4121

1999-2000

6709

1560

13701

3186

20410

4746

2000-01

8552

1859

15912

3536

24464

5395

2001-02

9190

1915

18735

3930

27925

5845

2002-03

10057

2095

23591

4875

33647

6970

2003-04

13814

2996

28828

6274

42641

9270

2004-05

18655

4140

39228

8727

57883

12867

2005-06

22840

5159

49462

11172

72302

16331

2006-07

34787

7688

69965

15462

104752

23150

2007-08

66638

16560

168839

41957

235477

58517

2008-09

99689

21675

171498

37288

271187

58962

2009-10

220711

46031

83700

17456

304412

63487

2010-11

315868

65806

59824

12477

375692

78283

2011-12

364478

68769

79343

14707

443821

83477

2012-13

476159

87546

90181

16581

566340

104127

2013-14

494077

82209

89642

14916

583719

97125

2014-15

463770

73229

64321

10156

528091

83385

Source: www.epces.in

EPC-Handicrafts

EPC-Handicrafts
Established under Companies Act in the year 1986-87.
A non-profit organization & Apex body .
Increase in exports -of 1321.87 cr.
Members-8012 as of 2014-15
Focus market scheme
Focus product scheme
Duty drawback scheme for exporters
Major exports : Australia, Canada, USA,FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN,U.K. ,LAC

Source: http://www.epch.in/index.php

Primary Research
What is the Domestic Retail Initiative taken by the Council?
How many members at the moment?
Ehub?
How is a dispute over a product being handicraft or not, solved?
What all is offered for members?
What is the main sourced of financing beside membership charges?
Do you have any skill development programmes and sessions?
How are rich/poor artisans taken care of?
How is every member informed of international policies?
As an employee, what do you think about EPCH?

Insights and view points

Even among EPCs, there are few top ones
The definition of the field in which an EPC functions is not very clear to normal
population
Small exporters need to work through domestic fairs
EPCs provide the best and safest platforms
Before starting an EXIM enterprise, referring to the EPCs helps
EPCs help overcome the non tariff barriers to a great extent

Thank You