RBI's system for tracking foreign-exchange realization against every Indian export shipping bill. Non-realization within 9 months triggers caution-listing.
EDPMS — Export Data Processing and Monitoring System — is a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) system that tracks whether Indian exporters bring back the foreign-exchange proceeds from every export they declare. Each shipping bill filed at Indian customs creates an EDPMS entry that must be closed against realized foreign payment within 9 months, extendable via your AD bank on case-by-case basis.
When your customs broker files a shipping bill at ICEGATE, the entry flows into EDPMS as unrealized. Your AD Bank marks it realized (or partially realized) as foreign-exchange proceeds arrive and can be attributed to that shipping bill. If proceeds don't arrive within RBI's window, the exporter's IEC is added to the RBI caution list, blocking new export filings.
The system exists to prevent capital flight via fake exports — every rupee of foreign exchange must be traceable to a specific shipping bill, and every shipping bill to a received realization.
EDPMS was designed for one-invoice-one-payment B2B exports. Amazon FBA is fundamentally different: one shipping bill generates dozens of partial payments over 6-9 months as units sell individually to consumers. The mapping is non-trivial, and most exporters end up using workarounds (under-invoicing, FIFO knock-off) that are technically non-compliant.
Read our complete guide to EDPMS closure for FBA exporters for the full picture, or start a free trial to see XPortKnock's automated reconciliation.