MPEDA
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) was set up by an act of Parliament during 1972. The erstwhile Marine Products Export Promotion Council established by the Government of India in September, 1961 was converged into MPEDA on 24th August, 1972. The Marine Products Export Development Authority under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is a statutory body entrusted with the primary task of promotion of export of marine products.
The Authority with its headquarters at Kochi, Kerala is headed by Chairman. MPEDA has been serving the Marine Products Export sector for the past 50 years. In order to reach out to the exporters in different parts of the Country, MPEDA has set up 18 – Regional / Sub Regional Divisions / Desk offices at Veraval, Porbandar, Valsad, Mumbai, Mangalore, Nagapatinam, Kochi, Tuticorin, Chennai, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Bhimavaram, Visakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Guwahati, Kawarathi & Port Blair.
MPEDA has Trade Promotion offices at New Delhi, Tokyo and New York. MPEDA has set up five full-fledged Quality Control Laboratories, at Kochi (Kerala), Nellore & Bhimavaram (Andhra Pradesh), Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) and Porbandar (Gujarat). In addition, fifteen ELISA Screening Laboratories set up by MPEDA in the maritime states.
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