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In a bid to boost exports potential of India’s agricultural and processed food products exports, APEDA has organized a Virtual Buyer Seller Meet (BSM) in association with Indian Embassy in, Azerbaijan today
Highlights
- The meet brought together key stakeholders from the respective Governments and trade on a common platform for strengthening strategic cooperation between India and Azerbaijan in export of Basmati Rice.
- APEDA took a lead to organize Virtual BSM to provide a platform to the exporters and importers of India and Azerbaijan
- This Virtual-BSM with Azerbaijan is the 16th in the series of such events organized by APEDA with various countries.
- Earlier such virtual Virtual-BSM was first organized with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) followed by Kuwait, Indonesia, Switzerland, Belgium, Iran, South Africa, Germany, The United States, Canada and Australia, Thailand and Nepal.
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
- Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is a government organization established in 1985 through an act for the development and promotion of export of scheduled products.
- It provides financial assistance, information, guidelines towards the development of scheduled products.
- The products specified under the APEDA ACT are called schedule products and exporters of such scheduled products are required register under APEDA.
Objective
- To promote schedule products export and to achieve this various functions has been undertaken by this body under the regulation of central government.
- Central government lays down the rules and regulation and implements through this body for the efficient administration of APEDA Act.
Source: PIB
