Directorate General of Foreign Trade notifies procedure for export of Certified Organic Products
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) through a public notice dated January 5, 2025 notified the newly procedure for export of 'Certified organic' products. This present public notice supersedes the earlier public notices of 2014 and 2015.
What's the new procedure?
According to the public notice, here are the details:
(i) "Organic Products" for export shall only be certified as such if Produced, Processed, Packed and labelled as per the standards laid down in the document "National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP)", available on the website of APEDA www.apeda.gov.in as amended from time to time.
(ii) A product will be allowed to be exported as "Organic Product" only when accompanied by a Transaction Certificate (TC) issued by a Certification Body accredited by the National Accreditation Body (NAB) for Organic Products under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) of the Department of Commerce.
DGFT said, "The 8th edition of the NPOP shall come into force with effect from 180 days from the date of issuance of this notification."