Cashew Export: The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) will now decide on the export of cashew and related products. The Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued a notification. According to the notification, APEDA has been given all the powers of the Cashew Export Promotion Council of India. In the notification of DGFT, it has been said that APEDA will now issue RCM certificate.

CEPCI established in 1955

The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India (CEPCI) was established by the Government of India in 1955 with the objective of promoting the export of Cashew Kernels and Cashew Shell Liquid from India with the active support of the cashew industry.

The Council provided the necessary institutional framework for carrying out various functions that would accelerate and promote the export of Cashew Kernels and Cashew Shell Liquid.

Products under the jurisdiction of APEDA-

These products will now come under the jurisdiction of APEDA.

• Fruits, vegetables and their products
• Meat and meat products
• Poultry and poultry products
• dairy products
• Confectionery, Biscuit and Bakery Products
• Honey, Jaggery and Sugar Products
• Cocoa and its products, Chocolates of all kinds
• Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
• Cereals and cereal products
• groundnuts, peanuts and walnuts
• Pickles, Chutneys and Papads
• guar gum
• Floriculture and Floriculture Products
• Herbal and medicinal plants
• Cashew Kernels
• Cashewnut Shell Liquid
• Kardanol