DS -2031 Certificate to USA/other countries
Section 609 of P.L. 101-162 of USA requires the shrimp product consignment to USA have to be accompanied by DS 2031 certificate, which certifies that the shrimp in the consignment was harvested in a manner not harmful to sea turtles or harvested by aquaculture. As a part of our e-governance initiatives, MPEDA has developed online software to issue DS 2031 certificate to exporters from 06th April 2020 with digital signature and QR Code for proving the authenticity of the certificates.
Registered Exporter can apply DS 2031 certificate through online by using URL http://e-mpeda.nic.in/registration/Reg_login.aspx