Maharashtra - Find or Locate an Agricultural Product Importer

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Procedure

• Any prospective agricultural product producer or a seller (an exporter) has many ways to find or locate an Importer/buyer (Importer of agricultural product from abroad). There are many online portals that provide directory listing of the respective importers abroad.

Apply In-Person:

1. The authenticity or reliability of the data can’t be assured. In order to have valid information or data, one can reach their respective “Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority” office for their area as appropriate. There are other organizations like “Department of Foreign Trade” and “Plant Protection Quarantine & Storage” that provide information which will be useful to get such information.
2. Contact Link Please use the contact information as per the region to find the appropriate office or nearest office AND Link1 following links can be used to reach the respective “Department of Foreign Trade” and “Plant Protection Quarantine & Storage” offices respectively as appropriate link AND link2 please look for your respective State in both the links
3. The applicant shall use the contact information from the above links as appropriate to obtain details on how to get contact details of agricultural product importer.
4. If the department provides information in person, then the applicant shall visit the respective office and meet the concerned authority. Please follow their guidelines to get the required information.
5. The authorities will provide the information as per applicable norms (the information may be sent through email/through printout, whichever is applicable).
6. The information will be provided as per the department’s timeline.
7. The applicant shall pay the charges as per the authority’s advice.

Apply Online

1. Please use the following link to get the required information online Link
2. In the given “IMPORTER(S) DIRECTORY“ page, please enter the required or applicable details against the “Search By Importer Name ( Like)” or “Search By Country(Like)” or “Search By Product(s) Handled (Like)” prompt as appropriate and click on the “Search” button to get list of Importers information for the search criteria.
3. Also, the applicant shall click on the applicable alphabet to get the list of Importers starts with the selected alphabet, irrespective of the country.
4. The information can be copied and saved to the local disk or mailed for reference.
5. The data will be processed instantly. There is no fee required for this online search.

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Required Documents

The following documents may be required

• Application form
• Applicant’s address Proof (PAN Card /Driving Licence / Bank Passbook / Electricity Bill / Telephone Bill)
• Applicant’s proof of identity (Voter ID / Passport / Aadhaar card / Driving licence)
• Aadhaar card

NOTE:

• Apart from the above documents, the authorities may ask for additional information or documents. Please provide them for processing

Office Locations & Contacts

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority,
4th Floor, Unit No. 3 & 4 , Banking Complex Bldg. No.II,
Sector 19/A, Vashi New, Mumbai-400705.
Phone: +91- 022-27840949, 27845442, 27840350
Fax: +91- 022-27842273
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact details Link

Mumbai Zonal Office, Directorate General of Foreign Trade,
Nishtha Bhavan,
48,Vithaldas Thackersey Marg,
Churchgate,
Mumbai-20.
Phone: (022) 22017716, 22038094, 22033097, 22031074
Email: [email protected]
Contact details link
User shall use the following link and select the location icon as per their zone for respective contact details link

Regional Plant Quarantine Station,
Haji Bunder Road,
Sewri(East), Mumbai - 400 015,(Maharashtra)
Phone: 022-23757459
Email: [email protected]
Contact link please look for your respective State in both the links.

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority - (APEDA),
3rd Floor, NCUI Building 3, Siri Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, (Opp. Asiad Village),
New Delhi - 110 016, India.
Phone: 91-11-41486013, 20863919, 20867008, 20867007
Email: [email protected]
Contact Link

Directorate General of Foreign Trade,
Udyog Bhawan, H-Wing, Gate No. 2,
Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi – 110011.
EPABX No. 011-23061562
EDI Helpdesk Mail Id - [email protected]
EDI Helpdesk Toll Free No. 1800-111-550
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 09.00 AM to 05.30 PM
Contact details link

Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage
Block-III, Old CGO Complex, NH-IV,
Faridabad (Haryana) -121001.
Phone : 0129-2413985, 0129-2410056
e-Mail : [email protected]
Contact information Link

Eligibility

• Applicant should be a citizen of India.
• Those who are 18 years and above are eligible to apply.

Fees

• Fee information and other charges can be obtained directly from the department office while applying.

Validity

• There is no period based validity for the information obtained.

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• The whole process shall be completed as per the timeline provided by the department.
• The online search result can be obtained instantly.

Related Videos

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Instructions

• The user trying to obtain the information shall follow the authority’s guidelines.
• The information obtained shall be used for promoting the business.

Required Information

• Applicant name
• Applicant address
• Name of the firm
• Name of the country
• Product details
• Place
• Date of application
• Mobile number
• Email ID
• Aadhaar number

Need for the Document

• In general, the importers from abroad will import the products /goods that are not produced within their boundary. As a result, these international importers will register themselves with our Indian agencies to get them accessible.
• The government is facilitating the agriculture based business in many ways. The Importers directory is one such tool for the potential exporters of agricultural products from India. The organization is continuously registering the international importers details on a regular basis in their directory.
• The contact information of a potential agricultural product importer will be helpful for an agricultural product producer or exporter from our country to export the product.
• The increase in export will result in increased profit.

Information which might help

• The companies or individuals are advised to visit the Import Export fairs/conventions to get more attention.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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