I (Meaning and importance of Exports) Unit Structure

9.6 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR STATUS HOLDERS 
EH/STH/TH/PTH/SEH 
The eligibility for the grant of export/trading house/star 
trading house/super star trading house certificate is determined on 
the basis of average FOB value of physical or services exports. In 
2007, the government of India re-named the star export houses as 
export houses/trading houses. 
The following export organisation are eligible to claim status 
of export houses/trading houses 
Merchant and manufacturer exporters 
Service providers 
Export oriented units 
Units located in SEZ, Agri export zones 
Units located in electronic hardware technology parks, software 
technology parks 
Units located in Bio technology parks 
Exporters with the following FOB value of exports over a 
period of four years of physical exports are considercal for 
registration as export TH/STH/SSTH. 
status 
Performance criteria 
 
Rs. crore 
Export House 
20 
Star Export House 
100 
Trading House 
500 
Star Trading House 
2500 
Premier Trading House 
10,000 
For calculation of export performance, the following points 
are to be noted. 
1. Double weightage would be considered for grant of star export 
house status in the following cases. 
(a) Manufacture exporters in SSI/Tiny sector/cottage units. 
(b) Units registered with KUICS/KVIBS. 

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(c) Units located in north eastern states, Sikkim and Jemmu &
Kashmir. 
(d) Units exporting handloom/handicrafts/hand knotted or silk 
carpets. 
(e) Exporters exporting to counties in Latin America/CIS/Sub-
Saharan Africa. 
(f) Units having ISO 9000 series/ISO 14000 series. 
2. Exports made on re-export basis shall not be counted for the 
purpose of recognition. 
3. Exports made by a subsidiary of a limited co. shall be counted 
towards export performance of the limited company, only if the 
limited company has a majority shareholding in the subsidiary 
company.
4.
In case the recognition is claimed based up on the current year‟s 
export performance, same shall be considered only in case the 
exporters have export performance during any of the preceding 
three years as well.