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Membership advantages
AEPC is doing its best for the members of the council in this difficult times of Pandemic by taking various initiatives with central & state’s government. Our Team of professionals is working hard for AEPC members for providing all necessary support to run their apparel export units smoothly & ultimately enhance the
Apparel exports from India.
AEPC is giving support in all verticals of apparel exports domain and we would like to inform you to understand about the advantages of taking/ continuing AEPC’s membership.
1. Market Access Initiative - The council gets MAI subsidy for organizing Mega shows, participation in international renowned apparel fairs and for organizing Buyer Seller Meets international. The subsidy is passed-on to the members of the council in subsidizing the cost of stall in Buyer Seller Meets and Mega shows / international fairs in overseas events. Guiding and facilitating Apparel exporters to showcase their best products at domestic fairs as well as international fairs. This also helps in Identifying opportunities for collaborations with overseas partners for up-scaling and technology upgradation with providing market intelligence for Textile and Apparel Industry
2. Trade Facilitation – AEPC actively takes up exporters issues, stuck up at customs, Icegate, DGFT, ECGC and other export related organisations and facilitates in resolving the exporters issues related to risky exporters tagging, pending ROSL & RoSCTL, pending drawback etc.
3. AEPC’s Facilitation for Risky Exporters: Since 2019, a lot of exporters were being put on Risky exporter’s tag, which led to stoppage of IGST, drawback and other refunds. To address the issue of long delays in resolution of these cases, AEPC has been working closely with DGARM to understand the concerns, advice exporters on the required protocols for resolution, follow up with DGARM and get the NoCs. A dedicated facilitation desk at HO & regional offices of AEPC have been working on compiling the cases, taking them up with DGARM and getting them resolved.
4. AEPC’s Facilitation for ATUFS: With the aim to facilitate faster resolution of the pending TUF cases, AEPC has been compiling the TUFS pendencies and is taking them up from time to time with the Textile Commissioner’s office and Ministry of Textiles with regard to changes in scheme guidelines, technical issues, documentation issues and other clarifications and about their resolutions. Some of the major issues like In-Principle Bank Sanction Letter, Year of Manufacture issue, revision in repayment period of non-MSME applicable for existing cases also and issuance of Corrigendum for inclusion / modification of machines specification have been taken up by AEPC for resolution.
5. Update on notifications – AEPC updates its members about the recent notifications/circulars/Public notices related to DGFT, CBIC, Textile Commissioner. GST, MSME etc.
6. Apparel Dossier – Updating the members through weekly Apparel dossier for weekly news, notifications and the issues that AEPC has taken up, for AEPC Members.
7. Apparel India magazine – AEPC publishes Apparel India magazine along with e-copy of it, which is uploaded on AEPC’s website in which details of latest updates (national and global) related to textile & apparel industry, government notifications / circulars, GST updates and the important activities performed by AEPC for the benefit of industry are published. AEPC’s Apparel India Magazine is widely circulated online as well as offline and is reachable to all the stakeholders such as exporters, buyers, buying agents, government officials and all other concerned.
8. Virtual Exhibition Platform- AEPC has recently launched a Virtual Platform for organizing Export Promotion activities, in order to bridge the gap between buyer & seller during these trying times due to the worst pandemic of the century. The platform is a virtual exhibition platform to showcase products of AEPC members on 24x7x365 days format. Key features include exhibitors booths in the virtual exhibition landscape, free-flowing two-way communication between attendees/buyers and exhibitors through video / audio call and Whatsapp chat facilities, live presentation auditorium, high security features and knowledge management. Buyers can navigate through options and ensure a near-physical fair experience through high resolution exhibitor’s avatars.
9. Data Bank – AEPC provides RMG export statistics regularly in the Apparel India magazine for the benefit of the members. Country-wise export statistics and top HS Codes selling in important countries along-with the description of the garments are also provided for the benefit of the exporters.
10. GST Facilitation - AEPC is facilitating GST related issues of the exporters.
11. Seminars/webinars & Workshops - AEPC Organizes seminars/webinars & workshops related to the apparel industry.
12. Compilation of DBK / RODTEP Data -Compilation and submission of datas/documents for fixation of DBK/RODTEP rates exercise is done by AEPC every year so that these benefits could be decided by the Govt., and these could be availed by the exporters.
13. Submission of suggestions of FTP Policy and other policy related matters - Submission of suggestions for improvement in FTP Policy and other related policies are submitted by AEPC every year for the benefit of the exporters.
14. Advisory on Labour Laws - Council has engaged a Legal Advisor on Labour laws who has helped the Council in preparing and compiling apparel industry’s observations and suggestions on draft codes and its subsequent rules. The Legal Advisor will also support our member/registered exporters by providing legal opinions, day to day advisory and clarifications on all applicable labour and employment laws as and when required. He guides towards matters pending before the authorities under Industrial Disputes Act, Payment of Gratuity Act, Payment of Bonus Act, and Minimum Wages Act or any other Authority or Labour Court, High Court., Supreme Court of India, if and whenever required.
15. Skill Assessment Cell - The Skill Assessment Cell (SAC) was established with the prime objective to drive the skill assessment initiatives in Apparel/Garment, Khadi and Carpet sectors for employment generation, economic growth and social development. The cell helps in boosting the morale, uplifting the social status of the candidates and makes the workforce a certified skill pool.
Apparel exports from India.
AEPC is giving support in all verticals of apparel exports domain and we would like to inform you to understand about the advantages of taking/ continuing AEPC’s membership.
1. Market Access Initiative - The council gets MAI subsidy for organizing Mega shows, participation in international renowned apparel fairs and for organizing Buyer Seller Meets international. The subsidy is passed-on to the members of the council in subsidizing the cost of stall in Buyer Seller Meets and Mega shows / international fairs in overseas events. Guiding and facilitating Apparel exporters to showcase their best products at domestic fairs as well as international fairs. This also helps in Identifying opportunities for collaborations with overseas partners for up-scaling and technology upgradation with providing market intelligence for Textile and Apparel Industry
2. Trade Facilitation – AEPC actively takes up exporters issues, stuck up at customs, Icegate, DGFT, ECGC and other export related organisations and facilitates in resolving the exporters issues related to risky exporters tagging, pending ROSL & RoSCTL, pending drawback etc.
3. AEPC’s Facilitation for Risky Exporters: Since 2019, a lot of exporters were being put on Risky exporter’s tag, which led to stoppage of IGST, drawback and other refunds. To address the issue of long delays in resolution of these cases, AEPC has been working closely with DGARM to understand the concerns, advice exporters on the required protocols for resolution, follow up with DGARM and get the NoCs. A dedicated facilitation desk at HO & regional offices of AEPC have been working on compiling the cases, taking them up with DGARM and getting them resolved.
4. AEPC’s Facilitation for ATUFS: With the aim to facilitate faster resolution of the pending TUF cases, AEPC has been compiling the TUFS pendencies and is taking them up from time to time with the Textile Commissioner’s office and Ministry of Textiles with regard to changes in scheme guidelines, technical issues, documentation issues and other clarifications and about their resolutions. Some of the major issues like In-Principle Bank Sanction Letter, Year of Manufacture issue, revision in repayment period of non-MSME applicable for existing cases also and issuance of Corrigendum for inclusion / modification of machines specification have been taken up by AEPC for resolution.
5. Update on notifications – AEPC updates its members about the recent notifications/circulars/Public notices related to DGFT, CBIC, Textile Commissioner. GST, MSME etc.
6. Apparel Dossier – Updating the members through weekly Apparel dossier for weekly news, notifications and the issues that AEPC has taken up, for AEPC Members.
7. Apparel India magazine – AEPC publishes Apparel India magazine along with e-copy of it, which is uploaded on AEPC’s website in which details of latest updates (national and global) related to textile & apparel industry, government notifications / circulars, GST updates and the important activities performed by AEPC for the benefit of industry are published. AEPC’s Apparel India Magazine is widely circulated online as well as offline and is reachable to all the stakeholders such as exporters, buyers, buying agents, government officials and all other concerned.
8. Virtual Exhibition Platform- AEPC has recently launched a Virtual Platform for organizing Export Promotion activities, in order to bridge the gap between buyer & seller during these trying times due to the worst pandemic of the century. The platform is a virtual exhibition platform to showcase products of AEPC members on 24x7x365 days format. Key features include exhibitors booths in the virtual exhibition landscape, free-flowing two-way communication between attendees/buyers and exhibitors through video / audio call and Whatsapp chat facilities, live presentation auditorium, high security features and knowledge management. Buyers can navigate through options and ensure a near-physical fair experience through high resolution exhibitor’s avatars.
9. Data Bank – AEPC provides RMG export statistics regularly in the Apparel India magazine for the benefit of the members. Country-wise export statistics and top HS Codes selling in important countries along-with the description of the garments are also provided for the benefit of the exporters.
10. GST Facilitation - AEPC is facilitating GST related issues of the exporters.
11. Seminars/webinars & Workshops - AEPC Organizes seminars/webinars & workshops related to the apparel industry.
12. Compilation of DBK / RODTEP Data -Compilation and submission of datas/documents for fixation of DBK/RODTEP rates exercise is done by AEPC every year so that these benefits could be decided by the Govt., and these could be availed by the exporters.
13. Submission of suggestions of FTP Policy and other policy related matters - Submission of suggestions for improvement in FTP Policy and other related policies are submitted by AEPC every year for the benefit of the exporters.
14. Advisory on Labour Laws - Council has engaged a Legal Advisor on Labour laws who has helped the Council in preparing and compiling apparel industry’s observations and suggestions on draft codes and its subsequent rules. The Legal Advisor will also support our member/registered exporters by providing legal opinions, day to day advisory and clarifications on all applicable labour and employment laws as and when required. He guides towards matters pending before the authorities under Industrial Disputes Act, Payment of Gratuity Act, Payment of Bonus Act, and Minimum Wages Act or any other Authority or Labour Court, High Court., Supreme Court of India, if and whenever required.
15. Skill Assessment Cell - The Skill Assessment Cell (SAC) was established with the prime objective to drive the skill assessment initiatives in Apparel/Garment, Khadi and Carpet sectors for employment generation, economic growth and social development. The cell helps in boosting the morale, uplifting the social status of the candidates and makes the workforce a certified skill pool.
Council has been associated with Director General of Employment and Training (DGE&T) under the SDI Scheme for MES Courses, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship assess in Apparel, Textile, Khadi and Carpet sectors, under the ISD Scheme of Ministry of Textiles for Non-MES courses to assess in Apparel & Textile sectors and then with the Resource Support Agency (RSA), Textiles Committee.
The current affiliations are with Apparel, Made-Ups & Home Furnishing Sector Skill Council (AMHSSC) for assessing the candidates under PMKVY and Non-PMKVY schemes under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and with the Karnataka Commissionerate of Industrial Training & Employment (KVIT), Skill Mission at Karnataka state. Since its inception i.e.from September 2009 till date Council’s Skill Assessment Cell has assessed over 1.66 lakhs candidates.
16. Man Made Fabric Cell - AEPC has set up a MMF Cell to enhance the export of MMF garments and to explore the possibilities for Joint Ventures or 100% investment / technology collaboration for manufacturing of man-made fabrics in India. The Council has come up with a Compendium on MMF garments which contains the details of HS codes identified for proposed PLI scheme of Govt., of India of Rs.10683/- crores to enhance India’s manufacturing capabilities of MMF segment and Technical textiles. The compendium contains the product description, images of identified garments falling under PLI HS codes, factsheet and contact details of domestic as well as overseas fabric suppliers.
The EOI, Washington and AEPC has carried out a study on Market for Indian Apparel in the United States – Trends, Potential, and Expansion Strategy through M/s. KPMG services. AEPC also established contact with M/s SERAI, a business-to-business platform founded by HSBC on improving reach of AEPC members to overseas buyers.
The membership of AEPC is surely helping our members to achieve their professional goals & having expert knowledge of the domain. The Membership Subscription costs just Rs. 10500/+GST per year & can be paid Through DGFT Website https://www.dgft.gov.in
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