Export Registration - We are the registering authority for Handicraft export registration and we register the exporters and export houses. The registration with the Directorate of Handicrafts enables them to claim various benefits available under the EXIM policy in vogue from time to time.

Eligibility - Every manufacturer or merchant of handicrafts goods who happens to be a state subject is eligible to apply.

Procedure for Registration - Export registration of an individual exporter or an export house is done under two categories, viz i) Manufacturer Exporter ii) Merchant Exporter. The basic requirement for Export Registration is possession of Import-/Export Code (I. E. Code) which is allocated on application with the Joint Directorate General of Foreign Trade Office, located at Jammu.

Every interested eligible person is required to apply on the letterhead of his establishment for the export registration to the Director Handicrafts or Assistant Director Handicrafts (Exports), whereupon he is provided with a copy of a printed application (as per approved format laid down in the EXIM policy) form against a cost of Rs. 10/=

The completed application form is required to be submitted to the office of the Assistant Director Handicrafts Exports at provincial headquarters along with the “Financial Soundness certificate” from the concerned bank as per the supplied proforma. In addition to these requirements, In case of manufacturer Exporter, the applicant ought to be registered with the Directorate of Handicrafts as an artisan or a unit holder.

After receipt of the application complete in all respects in the designated office, no objection is sought by the Directorate of Handicrafts from the office of the Dy. Director General Foreign Trade (D.G.F.T) Jammu. Thereafter, in case of receipt of the N.O.C from the same, on-spot verification of the intending export house is carried by the office to scrutinize the documents & to verify the bonafide establishment of the firm. After establishment of the bonafides, the Registration Cum Membership Certificate (R.C.M.C) is issued in favour of the party. The RCMC is issued within a period of 10 days after receipt of the NOC from the office of the DGFT.

Validity - The R.C.M.C is valid for five years as per the EXIM policy. Same procedure is adopted for renewal after surrender of the original RCMC.