The Export Inspection Council is a statutory organization set up under the Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 to adopt measures for the introduction and enforcement of quality control and compulsory pre-shipment inspection of various exportable commodities. The EIC was established in 1964 with headquarters at Calcutta.
Objectives of Export Inspection Council
- To maintain high quality of goods to be exported as regards quality of goods exported and thereby to create a good market
- To check unfair practices of exporters as regards quality of goods exported to inferior quality goods prove to be too costly to the country in the long run
- The quality control and pre-shipment inspection is one useful provision for maintenance of quality of export items. At present pre-shipment inspection covers nearly 1056 items which includes engineering, chemicals, jute, footwear, food and agriculture, coir and so on.
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