Export Inspection Council of India ( Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. Of India), New Delhi

Name

Export Inspection Council of India ( Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. Of India), New Delhi

Legal name

Export Inspection Council of India

Website

https://eicindia.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Export Inspection Council of India is a government statutory body under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry that conducts mandated inspection and certification of goods exported from India, serving Indian exporters across regulated commodity verticals. It is headquartered in New Delhi.

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Product category

Export Inspection & Certification Services

NAICS

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (92615)

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PRIMARYTLACAGAH

Product Regulatory Compliance for Cross-Border Trade (e.g., FDA, USDA, CPSC, CE/REACH/RoHS)

Transportation & Logistics/Freight Forwarding & Customs Brokerage/Trade Compliance & Regulatory Advisory (HTS Classification, Export Controls, Sanctions)

Keywords

• Export inspection
• Quality certification
• Pre-shipment inspection
• Commodity certification
• Regulatory compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Core offering

The Export Inspection Council of India (EIC) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, mandated to carry out inspection and certification of export-oriented commodities to ensure they meet the quality and regulatory requirements of importing countries. It establishes standards of quality for notified export commodities, supervises inspection agencies, and issues certificates of export to facilitate international trade compliance.

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Direct peers

• Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT): Apex Indian government body under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry handling foreign trade policy and licensing. Sibling organization to EIC India with overlapping regulatory authority over India's export compliance architecture.
• TÜV SÜD: International certification body providing testing, inspection, and product compliance services. Comparable to EIC India in serving exporters needing destination-country regulatory compliance for goods leaving India.
• APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority): Indian statutory export body for agricultural and processed food products. Closely aligned with EIC India's inspection of agro/food exports and often the operational counterpart issuing export certifications in its commodity verticals.
• SGS: Global leader in testing, inspection, and certification (TIC). Operates directly in the same pre-shipment inspection and product-compliance space EIC India regulates, including laboratory testing and certification for cross-border trade.
• Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS): India's national standards body under the Government of India. Closely coupled with EIC India's export compliance work, BIS sets standards while EIC enforces export-side conformity to those standards.
• Intertek: Global TIC firm providing product testing, inspection, and certification for cross-border shipments — directly comparable to EIC India's export inspection and certification mandate across multiple commodity verticals.
• Bureau Veritas: Major TIC provider offering inspection, testing, and certification services for goods in international trade. Competes with and complements EIC India's mandate on import-country compliance verification for Indian exporters.

Regional players

• China Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ / AQSIQ successor): China's principal government body for inspection and quarantine of import/export goods. Functionally analogous to EIC India as a state-level export inspection authority, though it operates in a different national jurisdiction.
• Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI): Indian statutory regulator for food safety, including certification for food exports. Overlaps with EIC India's mandate in the food and agricultural export segments and collaborates on pre-shipment inspection of food consignments.
• Export Promotion Bureau (Pakistan): Pakistan's counterpart export-trade authority operating under its federal commerce ministry. Comparable in mandate (export promotion and compliance oversight) to EIC India but functioning in a different national jurisdiction.

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