What RCMC work covers
- Identifying the correct Export Promotion Council, commodity board or FIEO for your products
- Fresh RCMC registration through the DGFT common digital platform
- Renewal before expiry, including block renewals for multi-year validity
- Addition or deletion of products, and amendment of address, constitution and directors
- Change of category between merchant exporter, manufacturer exporter and service provider
- Coordination where the export basket spans multiple councils
Choosing the right council
Councils are organised by product line — engineering, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, apparel, plastics, gems and jewellery, agricultural and processed food, marine products, and so on, with commodity boards for tea, coffee, spices, rubber and tobacco. FIEO covers multi-product exporters and service exporters that do not fall under a single council. Registering with a council that does not cover your principal product is a common and expensive mistake: scheme applications get rejected on the ground that the RCMC is not from the competent authority. We check your ITC-HS lines against council jurisdiction before applying.
- Product-wise council mapping against your ITC-HS codes
- Merchant vs manufacturer exporter category selection
- Multi-product exporters and service exporters routed appropriately
- Council-level membership benefits — trade fairs, buyer-seller meets, market intelligence
Why a valid RCMC matters beyond compliance
Apart from unlocking authorization and scheme applications, an active RCMC gives access to council-sponsored trade delegations, international exhibition subsidies, market development assistance, buyer databases and country-specific market intelligence. For a growing exporter, these are practical channels for finding buyers in new geographies rather than only a compliance formality.
Eligibility checklist
- Valid IEC issued by DGFT
- PAN and GST registration of the exporting entity
- Constitution documents — incorporation certificate, partnership deed or registration proof
- Bank certificate and, where applicable, export turnover data certified by a chartered accountant
- For manufacturer exporter status: factory licence or Udyam registration and manufacturing premises proof
Our process, step by step
- 01Council mapping: ITC-HS lines reviewed and the competent council or board identified in writing.
- 02Application: registration filed on the DGFT common digital platform with the council's annexures and fee.
- 03Council query handling: clarifications on category, product lines or turnover resolved directly with the council.
- 04Issuance: RCMC issued electronically and linked to your IEC profile for scheme applications.
- 05Maintenance: renewal reminders, product additions and amendments filed as your export basket changes.