Established in 1985, Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) is a government organization to promote and develop scheduled product exports. It provides financial support, information and guidelines towards the development of scheduled products. The products determined under the APEDA ACT are called scheduled products and exporters of such scheduled products are required to register under APEDA.

APEDA registration is required for export promotion and development of scheduled products such as Vegetables, Fruits, honey, sugar products, Poultry products, Meat, dairy products, biscuits, confectionery, bakery products, jaggery, chocolates, cocoa products, floriculture products, pickles, papads, and chutneys, etc.