Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi.
Policy Circular No. 48 (RE-2010)/2009-14
Dated the 28th November, 2011
To
All Customs Authorities / All Regional Authorities / Members of Trade.
Subject:- Implementation of bar coding on export consignments of pharmaceuticals
and drugs with effect from 01.10.2011- Clarification regarding export of bulk
drugs.
Public Notice No. 59 (RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 30.06.2011 had stipulated
incorporation of barcodes (1 D) encoding unique product identification code
(GTIN), Batch Number, Expiry Date and Unique Serial Number on export
consignments of pharmaceuticals and drugs with effect from 01.10.2011.
- It is clarified that the above barcoding requirement is applicable only in
respect of finished pharmaceutical products i.e. medical formulations and not
Bulk drugs/APIs/Intermediates.
- This issues with the approval of Commerce Secretary.
(Hardeep Singh)
Joint Director General of Foreign Trade
Email: [email protected]
(Issued from F.No 01/91/180/648/AM09/Export Cell)