Membership Categories

Associate Member

A person shall be eligible for admission to the Council as associate member, on receiving the Import-¬Export Code Number from the Director General Foreign Trade, Govt. of India, in respect of the product with which the Council is concerned.

Ordinary Member

In order to be eligible for ordinary membership of the Council, a person must satisfy the following requirements, namely:

• He, or the entity represented by him, must have been an associate member of the Council for at least three years.
• He, or the entity represented by him, must have, to his or its credit, during the three financial years immediately preceding, average exports in respect of the product of not less than the amount mentioned below:
• MSME Rs. 30 Lakhs
• Others Rs. 50 Lakhs
• On becoming eligible to become an ordinary member, it is incumbent upon the Associate member to apply to the Committee of Administration in the prescribed format expressing his willingness to become an Ordinary member

Affiliate Members

Affiliate Membership accommodates applicants dealing in products particularly which are non-engineering items according to their HS codes but are closely associated with the engineering sector.