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APEDA opening new offices at Patna, Raipur, Dehradun to support agricultural exporters

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The commerce ministry's arm, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority ( APEDA), has decided to open its three new regional offices in Patna, Dehradun and Raipur to support agricultural exporters, an official said.

At present, the Delhi-headquartered authority has 16 regional offices in cities, including Bengaluru, Srinagar, Jammu, Ladakh, Guwahati, Mumbai, Varanasi, Kochi and Bhopal.

The functions of the authority include development of industries relating to a certain number of products for export, registration of persons as exporters of those products, fixing of standards, improving packaging, and marketing.

The official said the new offices would promote shipments by agricultural exporters.
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