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(h) 
Professional Advice 
It may provide professional advice to exporters in areas such 
as, technology up gradation, quality and design improvement, 
standards and specification, product development, innovation etc. 
(i) 
Exploration of Overseas Markets 
It may assist the exporter in exportation of overseas markets 
and identify items having export potentials. 
(j) 
Developing Export Consciousness 
This organisation makes all the possible efforts to develop 
export consciousness in out country. 
7.5 COMMODITY BOARDS 
7.5.1 MEANING 
 
Along with export promotion councils commodity boards 
have been established by the government of India for many 
commodities with high export potential. These boards are supple- 
mentary to EPCs and function on the same lines. The CBs are for 
promoting exports of specific commodities particularly the 
traditional commodities including tea, coffee, etc. The commodity 
boards look after the export promotion of primary and traditional 
items of exports while the EPCs look after the export promotion of 
non-traditional items. 
7.5.2 FUNCTIONS OF COMMODITY BOARD 
The functions and activities of commodity boards are similar 
to that of EPCs 
(a) Issue of certificate origin 
(b) Collection of information 
(c) Supplying of information 
(d) Organising seminars 
(e) Trade fairs and exhibitions 
(f) Recommendation to government 
(g) Sending trade delegation\ 
(h) Professional advice 
(i) Exploration of overseas markets 
(j) Developing export consciousness 
(For explaination of the points please refer functions of EPCs) 
7.6 MARINE PRODUCTS EXPORT DEVELOPMENT 
AUTHORITY (MPEDA) 
Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) 
was constitutes in the year 1972 by replacing the Marine Products 
Exports Promotion Council under the Marine Products Export 
Development Authority Act 1972. The headquarter of MPEDA is 

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located at Kochi in Kerala. The authority operates two overseas 
trade promotion offices, one at Tokyo (Japan) and the other at New 
York (USA). The role envisaged for the MPEDA under the statue is 
comprehensive, 
which 
covers 
organisation, 
co-ordination, 
regulation and growth of the export of marine products with special 
reference to the quality, processing packaging, storage, transport, 
shipment marketing extension and trading in various aspects of the 
industry.