The full form of APEDA is Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority. It is an organization of Government. It was established in the year of 1985 via an act done for the promotion and betterment of sending overseas of listed products. It provides monetary assistance, guidelines, information of the scheduled products.
The scheduled products are the products which come under APEDA ACT. The traders of scheduled products are needed to schedule under APEDA. It is a compulsion for the betterment of products like fruits, vegetable, poultry, meat, biscuits, bakery, confectionery, honey, jaggery, sugar products, cocoa products, chocolates, pickles, floriculture products, chutney and papad etc.