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The major functions of the EPCs are:-

(a) To provide commercially useful information and assistance to their members in developing and increasing their exports;

(b) To offer professional advice to their members in areas such as technology upgradation, quality and design improvement, standards and specifications, product development, innovation etc;

(c) To organise visits of delegations of its members abroad to explore overseas market opportunities;

(d) To organise participation in trade fairs, exhibitions and buyer-seller meets in India and abroad;

(e) To promote interaction between the exporting community and the Government both at the Central and State levels; and

(f) To build a statistical base and provide data on the exports and imports of the country, exports and imports of their members, as well as other relevant international trade data.