Instructions for grant of
under AGMARK for EXPORTS
Persons desirous of obtaining
Agmark Certification on fruits
& vegetables under Agmark
should have valid Certificate of Authorization (C.A.) for grading of fruits
and vegetables. Provisions contained in
Fruits and Vegetables Grading and Marking Rules, 2003 shall be applicable.
I.
Procedure for grant of
(1) Persons desirous of
obtaining
(2) Necessary documents as
prescribed in Annexure `A' shall be enclosed with the application.
(3) Demand draft for Rs.
1000/- as
(4) Applicant for grant of
(5) Concerned office of the DMI will
process the documents, inspect the proposed premises and grant
(6) Grade designation mark (Agmark
insignia) shall be securely affixed to or printed on each container. Since
each and every container is accounted for in exports, it is not necessary to have running replica
serial No. on
each container. It is also not
necessary that Agmark insignia shall be printed in printing presses permitted
by the Directorate. However
authorised
packer shall inform
the name and address of the
printing press from whom he is getting the
containers bearing Agmark
replica printed.
II.
Procedure for obtaining
Certificate of Agmark
Grading (CAG) for export.
(1)
CAG for lot of fresh fruits and vegetables in the
prescribed proforma (Annexure C-I).
(2)
Following
documents shall be enclosed with the application.
(a)
Self
attested copy of commercial
invoice.
(b)
Self
attested copy of residue analysis report of pesticides from APEDA/DMI approved
laboratory.
(c)
Declaration
by the exporter in prescribed proforma in Annexure
C-II.
(3)
Demand draft for grading charges @ 0.2% of FOB value, subject to a minimum
of Rs. 200/- per consignment shall be deposited.
(4) He will offer the lot for inspection
at the approved premises. The
consignment shall be offered packed in appropriate packing boxes.
(5) Exporters (CA holder) can offer the
lots for inspection and grading at the Airport/Seaport. The size of such lots shall not be more than
5MT Net Wt.
(6) Inspecting officer shall draw sample
as per the sampling plan (Annexure D).
Inspecting officer will sign on the containers selected for sampling.
(7) He will grade the sample according to
prescribed standards and assign appropriate grade.
(8) CAG will be issued in the prescribed proforma. Only those officers whose signatures have been
sent to customs authorities shall inspect the consignment and issue CAG. Inspecting officer shall put his rubber stamp
below his signatures.
(9) Item 14 of
each CAG requires Certificate No.
Procedure for
Certificate No. shall be as follows.
First
two alphabets shall be office code. Next
two alphabets shall be inspecting officer code. Next shall
be year code
and then running Serial No. e.g.
CAG issued by Mr. V.K. VERMA of Mumbai
Office during the year
2003 shall have
the following Certificate No. MU/VV/03/O1 and so on.
Office Codes
Ahmedabad - AH
Banglore -
BA
Chennai -
CH
Mumbai
- MU.
(10)
First and second copy of the CAG shall be given to
Application
For Grant Of Certificate Of Authorisation for Grading and Marking of
______________(Name Of Commodity) for Export
Grading.
To,
The Dy.
Agril. Marketing Adviser/
Asstt.
Agril. Marketing Adviser/
Senior
Marketing Officer
Directorate
of Marketing & Inspection
___________________.
Sir,
I/We
_________________________of M/S______________________ (full postal
address) being desirous of marking ____________________ {Name(s) of commodity} with a grade designation mark in accordance
with the rules made under the provisions
of Agricultural Produce (Grading & Marking) Act 1937, hereby request for
grant of Certificate of Authorisation.
I/We
have carefully gone
through the provisions
of AP(G&M)Act,1937, the
General Grading & Marking
Rules 1988, relevent commodity Grading &
Marking Rules and the
instructions issued by the Agricutural Marketing Adviser to the
Govt. of
The
requisite particulars are furnished herewith in the prescribed performa
and the requisite documents are enclosed .
Yours faithfully,
(Signature of the applicant)
Place:
Status:
Date: for
M/S____________________
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
SLIP
Received the
application dated __________
of M/S
_____________ alongwith the enclosures and D.D.No. _________ dated _____________ for Rs. ______________for grant of Certificate
of Authorisation for Grading &
Marking of____________ under Agmark for Export grading .
(Office
Seal with Signature)
PARTICULARS TO BE FURNISHED WITH THE
APPLICATION
FOR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORISATION.
1. Name and full
Postal Address of the Party.
2. Name(s) of
the commodity proposed to be
graded.
3. Status of
the Firm i.e. Proprietary/Partnership/
Pvt. Ltd./ Public Ltd/ Regd. Society/Public
Undertaking
etc. (copy of the relevant document
be enclosed).
4. Period for
which the applicant has been
in the business.
5. Name (s)
and Address of two representatives
of the firm who will attend the grading work
and correspond in the matter. (specimen
signatures
to be furnished separately).
6. *(a) RBI Code No.,
if any.
*(b)
Import Export Code No. (issued by DGFT).
(c) Membership
of the commodity Board, APEDA
etc., if any.
7. ST/CST No.
, if allotted.
8. Full
Address of the premises where grading
&
marking will be carried out.
9. Status of the
said premises owner/lesse
(strike out whichever is not applicable).
*10. Details of
the machinery/packing
machines/cold storage etc. available in
the plant/premises with their capacity.
Name of the Machinery Nos. Capacity
11. Any other
information relevant to
grading of the commodity.
12. Trade name,
if any.
( Signature of the applicant/
Authorized person)
Designation
for M/s
Place :
Date :
* Not required in case of APEDA recognized pack houses.
ANNEXURE ‘A’
LIST OF THE DOCUMENTS TO BE FRUNISHED
ALONG WITH THE APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF
1. Application for grant of CA in the
prescribed proforma-I.
2. Signatures of authorized persons of the
firm on the letter pad.
*3.Copy of the
proprietorship declaration/partnership deed/memorandum and articles of
association/bye-laws of society etc.
*4. Blue print or neatly drawn sketch of the premises showing all
dimensions duly singed by the authorized person of the firm.
5. Medical fitness certificates issued by
the Registered Medical Practitioner certifying that the workers engaged in the
handling of the product in various operations, are
free from any communicable and contagious diseases.
*6. Copy of import
export code No. issued by DGFT.
7. Copy of APEDA registration, if
registered.
Note : (i) Photocopies
of all documents should be signed and stamped by authorized person of the firm.
(ii) Three sets of the documents are to be
submitted to the concerned office of the Directorate.
*Not applicable in case of APEDA
recognized pack houses.
ANNEXURE – ‘B’
Minimum Requirements in the Premises for
Grading of Fruits & Vegetables.
ANNEXURE – ‘C-I’
To,
The
Asstt./Dy. Agricultural
Marketing Adviser,
______________________
Subject : Request for grant of Certificate of
Agmark Grading (CAG) for consignment of ___________________________ for export.
Sir,
I/We
intend to export ________________________________ (name of the commodity) to
____________________ (destination).
Details of the consignment are as under.
Commodity No. of Boxes Qty. Total
Qty. FOB value
(in each box) (in MTs) (in Rs.)
The above mentioned consignment may be
inspected at
(a) our approved premises at ________________________________.
Or (b) Airport/Seaport at ________________________________.
Copies
of commercial invoice, residue analysis report of pesticides and declaration in
Annexure ‘C-II’ are enclosed. D.D. for Rs._________________ towards grading charges is also
enclosed.
It
is requested that the CAG may be issued.
Yours faithfully
Dated : _____________
( )
for M/s.
ANNEXURE – ‘C-II’
DECLARATION
(TO BE GIVEN BY THE EXPORTER ON THEIR
LETTER HEAD).
(1) I,
___________________________ of M/s ________________________ have/operate from
the pack house which is located at the following address :
__________________________________
__________________________________
(2) The
pack house is registered/ not registered with APEDA vide Recognition
No. _____________ dated
_____________.
(3) We
wish to export ___________ (name of the commodity) whose details are as under :
Commodity No. of Boxes Qty. Total Qty.
(in
each box) (in
MTs)
(4) The
analysis report bearing No. ______ dated __________ of the laboratory M/s
_____________________________ pertains to ________________ (name of the
commodity) referred to in item (3) above.
(5) I,
propose to effect export of the __________________ (name of the commodity)
referred to above to ____________________ (destination) and these have been
processed and packed under my supervision in the pack house referred to in item
(1) above.
(6) I,
further certify that the ____________________ ( name
of the commodity) referred to above are contained in _____________ number of
boxes/cartons and that the laboratory analysis report establishes that
_________________ (name of the commodity) do not contain pesticide residues
exceeding the MRLs with respect to the destination.
Place : (
Signature of the applicant/
Date : Authorized person)
Designation
for M/s
ANNEXURE – ‘D’
Sampling Plan
No. of Containers Minimum
No. of containers
in the lot
to be sampled.
Up
to 50 2
51 to 100 3
101 to 200 6
201 to 500 12
501 to 1000 25
1001 and above. 2.5%
No.
Q.11013/4/F&V/03-QC.I
Government of
Ministry of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
& Cooperation
Directorate of Marketing
& Inspection
Head
office, NH.IV,
Tel
No. : 0129-2415316 e-mail : dmiqc@hub.nic.in
Dated : 13.01.05
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Certification of Fruits and Vegetables
for exports - regarding.
All
the Regional Offices are aware that DMI is the official certifying agency for
exports of fresh fruits and vegetables to EU.
Certification is voluntary.
Training programme for inspecting officers was
organized from 21st to
APEDA
has made Certificate of Agmark Grading compulsory for the issue of Phyto Sanitary Certificate for exports of grapes to EU
implying that grapes will be compulsorily certified under AGMARK. The season for export of grapes shall be
beginning shortly. All Regional
Offices/Sub Offices particularly Regional Offices,
Issues relating to certification of grapes
under AGMARK were discussed with exporters on 1512.04 and following decisions
were taken.
1. Since
exporters of grapes already have cartons in stock without AGMARK insignia printed
on them, printing of AGMARK insignia may be exempted for the season 2005 so
that they may use the existing stock. Accordingly, exporters of grapes may be
permitted to use cartons without the AGMARK insignia for packing grapes during
the year 2005.
2. Certification
for export should be attended on top priority since grape is a perishable
commodity. Certificate of AGMARK Grading
may be issued by the inspecting officer at the site if the consignment is
acceptable and a grade has been assigned to it.
Details
of
( Dr. G.R. Bhatia)
Addl. Agricultural Marketing Adviser
for Agricultural Marketing Adviser
to the Govt. of
To,
All Regional Offices of DMI.