IE Code is issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Government of India, and is compulsory for the allowance of trade in India.
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Registration as an exporter is granted under section 9(2) (h) of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) Act 1972 read with rules 40-42 of MPEDA Rules, 1972. The exporters are categorized into four, viz:-
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| Tariff Item HS Code | Unit | Item Description | Export Policy | Nature of Restriction |
| 03000000 | Kg | Marine species and products except the following | Free | Subject to pre-shipment quality inspection as may be specified by the Government through a notification |
| 03000000 | Kg | Those species (and their parts, products and derivatives) mentioned in the Schedules of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. | Prohibited | Not permitted to be exported. |
| 03026930 03037950 |
Kg | Fresh or Chilled or Frozen silver pomfrets of weight less than 300 gms. | Restricted | Exports permitted under licence. |
| 03037999 | Kg | Beche-de-mer | Prohibited | Not permitted to be exported irrespective of its size. |
| 03061100 03061210 03061290 03062100 03062200 |
Kg | Lobsters except undersized ( $ ) rock lobster and sand lobster variety below | Free | |
| 03061100 03062100 |
Kg | Rock Lobster: Panulirus polyphagus 300 gm as whole chilled live or frozen, 250 gm as whole cooked; 90 gm as tail |
Prohibited | Not permitted to be exported |
| 03061100 03062100 |
Kg | Panulirus homarus 200gm as whole live, chilled or frozen, 170 gm as whole cooked, 50 gm as tail | Prohibited | Not permitted to be exported |
| 03061100 03062100 |
Kg | Panulirus Ornatus 500gm as whole live/chilled or frozen; 425 gm as whole cooked; 150gm as tail | Prohibited | Not permitted to be exported |
| 03061210 03061290 03062200 |
Kg | Sand Lobster: Thenus orientalis 150 gm as whole; 45 gm as tail |
Prohibited | Not permitted to be exported |
Note 1: A consignment/ lot is considered to be undersized if it contains specified species any piece of which has a weight less than that indicated against the species or has been processed out of or obtained from individual pieces of the species weighing less than the minimum weight indicated against the species.
Note 2: “as tail” means without head.
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Farms can be registered with Coastal Aquaculture Authority. It is mandatory that all persons carrying on coastal aquaculture shall register their farm with the Coastal Aquaculture Authority. Registration is made for a period of five (5) years, which can be renewed further. The registration process would be continued in respect of new farms as well as farms that may be renovated for taking up coastal aquaculture activities in future.Find the forms for farm registration in the link below
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Fishing Vessel means a ship or boat fitted with mechanical means of propulsion which is exclusively engaged in sea-fishing for profit. Vide Notification dated 15th February 2007, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry inserted the following definition viz:
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Processing plant is a building and premises constructed as per the standards laid down by the European Union/MPEDA and approved by the Inter Departmental Panel wherein a freezing unit or any other processing machinery is installed for processing marine products in any form.
Every application for the registration of a processing plant shall be made to the Secretary or another officer authorized by him. Application for registration of Processing Plant will have to be submitted to the registering office having jurisdiction over the location of the plant.
The documents required along with the applications are:
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Establishment looking to process fish and fishery products for export have to follow certain guidelines for receiving approval of export from EIC.
Registration of Fishing Vessels is to be done through MPEDA or EIC. (Need Link)
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The feed mills, hatcheries, aquaculture farms, fishing harbours, landing / auction centres, fishing vessels, factory vessels, freezer vessels, pre-processing centres (independent / detached), ice plants (independent / detached), establishments and cold storages (independent / detached), intending to process and / or to carry out allied activities, for export of fish and fishery, products shall submit an application for approval.
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All establishment processing live fish including molluscs and crustaceans meant for human consumption for export are statutorily required to be approved and monitored by EIA. The procedure for approval is as follows;
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Exporter approval is highly dependent on quality of goods exported by the trader. Quality assurance tests are carried out via labs recognized by EIC and/or MPEDA.
For the development of the export trade of India, certain proposals for subjecting Fresh, Frozen and Processed Fish & Fishery products to quality control and inspection, prior to export, were published .
