It provides financial assistance, information, guidelines towards the development of scheduled products. The products specified under the APEDA ACT are called schedule products and exporters of such scheduled products are required register under APEDA. It is mandatory and responsible for export promotion and develops scheduled products such as Vegetables, Fruits, Poultry products, Meat, dairy products, biscuits, confectionery, bakery products, jaggery, honey, and sugar products, chocolates, cocoa products, floriculture products, pickles, papads, and chutneys etc.

APEDA Registration is valid for a period of 5 years. In case of any default, The authority may cancel your certificate on any valid ground. Modification requirement if any changes are there, for example, your entity name change, change in address of the business, change in the product that you are exporting.