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Guntur Sannam Chilli

Guntur & Prakasam districts · Andhra Pradesh

Handpicked from the farmersBought at origin, not at the port
Sourcing at origin
TERRA INDICAEST. 2016
Compliance

Paper is part
of the product.

A spice consignment leaving India moves under a stack of registrations issued by four different authorities, plus a certificate raised against the shipment itself. This page lists all of them, what each is for, and who issues it.

Registrations
10
Authorities
6
Per shipment
2
Audited standards
3

Before this site goes live

Certificate numbers below are shown as bracketed placeholders. Fill each one with the real registration number, and add the issue and expiry dates, before publishing. Every authority and purpose described is accurate; only the numbers are pending.

01

Held continuously

Registrations the business holds and renews. Without these, nothing leaves India.

IEC

Importer Exporter Code

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

The ten-digit code without which no consignment may legally leave India. Issued once, valid for the life of the entity.

Reference

[ IEC NUMBER ]

CRES

Certificate of Registration as Exporter of Spices

Spices Board of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry

The spice-specific export registration. Held by every exporter shipping spices out of India, and renewed on cycle.

Reference

[ CRES NUMBER ]

FSSAI

Central Food Safety Licence

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

Food business licence. An exporting business requires the central licence rather than a state registration.

Reference

[ FSSAI LICENCE NUMBER ]

GST

Goods and Services Tax Registration

Government of India

Tax registration covering the purchase and sale of goods, and the basis for export refund claims.

Reference

[ GSTIN ]

02

Product-scheduled

Required because of what is being exported, rather than because of who is exporting it.

APEDA RCMC

Registration-cum-Membership Certificate

Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

Required to export scheduled agricultural products, and generally a precondition for obtaining a phytosanitary certificate.

Reference

[ RCMC NUMBER ]

03

Issued per consignment

Raised fresh against every shipment and travelling with the documents.

PSC

Phytosanitary Certificate

Plant Quarantine authorities, Government of India

Issued against each consignment to certify the goods are free from pests and conform to the importing country's plant health requirements.

Reference

Issued per consignment

COO

Certificate of Origin

Authorised chambers of commerce / DGFT

Establishes the country of origin of the goods, and unlocks preferential duty where a trade agreement applies.

Reference

Issued per consignment

04

Audited standards

Not required by law. Required in practice by most institutional buyers.

ISO 22000

Food Safety Management System

Accredited third-party certification body

Voluntary, but expected by most institutional buyers in the EU, UK and North America. Covers HACCP as an embedded requirement.

Reference

[ CERTIFICATE NUMBER ]

HACCP

Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points

Accredited third-party certification body

The hazard-control system underlying food safety certification, audited across cleaning, sterilisation and packing.

Reference

[ CERTIFICATE NUMBER ]

NPOP / NOP

Organic Certification

APEDA-accredited certification bodies

India Organic (NPOP) and USDA NOP certification for organically grown lots — relevant for Lakadong turmeric and Kandhamal Haldi in particular.

Reference

[ SCOPE CERTIFICATE NUMBER ]

The certificates

Placeholder artwork

The frames below are stock placeholder artwork, not photographs of real certificates. Replace each one with a scan of the actual document — and add the issue and expiry dates — before this page goes live.

  • Placeholder artwork for a printed certificateIECPlaceholder
  • Placeholder artwork for a registration certificateCRESPlaceholder
  • Placeholder artwork for an official documentFSSAIPlaceholder
  • Placeholder artwork showing a pen on a documentAPEDA RCMCPlaceholder
  • Placeholder artwork showing a wax seal stampISO 22000Placeholder
  • Placeholder artwork showing a stamped envelopeNPOP / NOPPlaceholder
Document pack

What travels with
the container.

Issued and cross-checked before the seal goes on, and sent electronically the same day. A missing document is a demurrage bill, and demurrage is the exporter’s failure — not the buyer’s.

  • Commercial invoice and packing list
  • Bill of lading or airway bill
  • Certificate of origin
  • Phytosanitary certificate
  • Third-party laboratory analysis report
  • Certificate of analysis against the contracted specification
  • Fumigation certificate where the destination requires it
  • Insurance certificate on CIF terms
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