The Council shall have the following categories of members, namely:
(a) Associate Members
(b) Ordinary Members
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
Conversion into Associate membership
According to Article 9.2 of the Articles of Association of the Council, the Committee of Administration may, after giving a member reasonable opportunity of hearing, convert the membership of an ordinary member into an associate member, if his performance as an exporter of the product has, during the financial years immediately preceding, been below the average mentioned.
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