Authorized agencies to issue Certificate of Origin under Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)

Posted on 19 April 2023 Category : For Beginners

Who are authorized to issue Certificate of origin under Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)?

This post explains about the details of authorized offices in India to contact for obtaining certificate of origin under Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)

A couple of articles have been written about certificate of origin and its importance in international business in this website. Some of them are - Why need Certificate of Origin? How to obtain GSP - Certificate of Origin? Can Bill of Lading (BL) be before date of Certificate of origin GSP?

There are two major categories of agencies involved to issue certificate of origin for exporters, agencies involved issuing referential Certificate of origin and agencies authorized to issue non-preferential certificate of origin.

A detailed article about agencies authorized to issue non preferential certificate of origin has been discussed in this website.

Now let us discuss about the authorized offices to issue Certificate of Origin under Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA). Who are authorized offices in India to issue certificate of origin under Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)?

Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)

APTA is a preferential trading arrangement designed to liberalise and expand trade in goods progressively in Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP) region through liberalization of tariff and nontariff barriers. At present, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Korea, India and China are exchanging tariff concessions under APTA. The 43rd Standing Session in May, 2014 saw the accession of Mongolia into APTA.

The following offices are authorized to issue certificate of origin (preferential) under Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA).

LIST OF AGENCIES AUTHORISED TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN FOR SAPTA AND ASIA PACIFIC TRADE AGREEEMENT (APTA)

S.No.	Address	S.No.	Address
1.	Agricultural and Processed Food Products Exports Development Authority 3rd Floor, NCUI Building 3, Siri Institutional Area August KrantiMarg (Opp. Asiad Village) New Delhi-110 016	2.	Apparel Export Promotion Council A-223, Okhla Industrial Area Phase-I, Okhla New Delhi-110 020
3.	Basic Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics Export Promotion Council, Jhansi Castle 4th Floor 7, Cooperage Road Bombay – 400039	4.	The Cashew Export Promotion Council of India P.B.No: 1709, Chittoor Road Ernakulam South Cochin – 682016
5.	Carpet Export Promotion Council NiryatBhavan, 3rd Floor, Rao Tula Ram Marg Opp. Army R R Hospital New Delhi-110 057	6.	Chemicals & Allied Products Export Promotion Council “VanijyaBhavan International Trade Facilitation Centre 3rd Floor 1/1, Wood Street Kolkata-700016
7.	Coffee Board Post Box No.5366 No.1, DrAmbedkarVeedhi Bangalore-560 001	8.	Coir Board Coir House M.G. Road, Ernakulam South Kochi – 682016
9.	The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council Engineering Centre, 5th Floor 9, Mathew Road Mumbai – 400004	10.	Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council PHD House, 3rd Floor Opp. Asian Games Village New Delhi – 110016
11.	Engineering Export Promotion Council World Trade Centre 1st Floor, 14/1B Ezra Street Kolkata – 700001	11A	Engineering Export Promotion Council Surya Kiran, (4th floor) 19 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi –110001
11B	Engineering Export Promotion Council GreamsDugar (3rd Floor) 149, Greams Road Chennai-600 006	12.	Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) NiryatBhawan, Rao Tula Ram Marg, Opp. Army Hospital Research &Referal New Delhi – 110057
13.	The Gem &Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Office No. AW 1010, Tower A, G Block, Bharat Diamond Bourse, Next to ICICI Bank, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra - East, Mumbai	14.	Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts EPCH House, Pocket 6 & 7 Sector-C, LSC, VasantKunj New Delhi-110 070
15.	The Handloom Export Promotion Council Handloom Export Promotion Council No.29A, Rajasekaran Street, Mylapore,Chennai – 600 004	16.	The Indian Silk Export Promotion Council 62, Mittal Chambers, 6th Floor Nariman Point Mumbai – 400021
17.	Council for Leather Exports CMDA Tower-II, 3rd Floor Gandhi Irwin Bridge Road Egmore Chennai-600 008	18.	The Marine Products Export Development Authority P B No.4272, Panampilly Nagar P O Panampilly Avenue Kochi-682 036 Kerala
19.	Overseas Construction Council of India H 118 (11th Floor), Himalaya House 23, Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi – 110001	20.	The Plastics and Linoleums Export Promotion Council Centre 1, Unit 1, 11th Floor World Trade Centre Coffee Parade, Colaba Bombay – 400005
21.	The Rubber Board Shastri Road P B No.1122 Kottayam-686 002	22.	Shellac Export Promotion Council VanijyaBhawan International Trade Facilitation Centre 1/1, Wood Street, 2nd Floor Kolkata-700 016
23.	The Sports Goods Export Promotion Council 2nd Floor, 1E/6, Swami Ram Tirth Nagar Jhandewalan Extension New Delhi-110 055	24.	Spices Board SugandhhaBhawan, N H Bye Pass P.B.No:2277, Palarivattam P.O., Cochin – 682025
25.	The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council ReshamBhavan 78, Veer Nariman Road Churchgate Mumbai-400 020	26.	Tea Board 14 BiplabiTrailokyaMaharajSarani (Brabourne Road) Kolkatta – 700001
27.	Tobacco Board SrinivasaRaoThota G.T. Road, P.B.No: 322 Guntur – 522004	28.	Wool &Woollens Export Promotion Council Flat No. 614, IndraPrakash Building, 21, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi -110001
29.	SEEPZ Special Economic Zone, Andheri East Mumbai- 400 096	30.	Kandla Special Economic Zone Gandhidham-Kutch Gujarat-370230
31.	MEPZ Special Economic Zone Administrative Office Building, National Highway 45, Tambaram, Chennai- 600045	32.	Cochin Special Economic Zone Kakkinad Kochi – 682030
33.	Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone Administrative office Building, Duvvada, Visakhapatnam-530046	34.	Noida Special Economic Zone Noida Dadri Road Noida – 201305
35.	Falta Special Economic Zone, 2nd MSO Building, 4th Floor, Room No.4, Nizam Place, 234/4, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata-700 020 West Bengal.	36.	Export Inspection Council 8G, 8th Floor, Hansalaya Bldg., 15 Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110001
37.	The Plastics Export Promotion council, Crystal Tower, Crystal Cooperative Housing Society Limited, Gundivali Road No.3, Off M V Road, Andheri (E) Mumbai-400069	38.	All DGFT offices as per their territorial jurisdiction as given in Appendix 1B of Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms

In this post, the office contact details of agencies authorized to issue Certificate of Origin under Asia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) are explained. We hope, this information helps exporters in India to obtain Certificate of origin against their exports underAsia Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA).

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