(To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section - 3,Sub-Section (ii))

Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi

Notification No. 06/2023
New Delhi, Dated: 22nd May, 2023

Subject: Amendment in Export Policy of Cough Syrup.

S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, the Central Government hereby makes following amendment in Chapter 30 of the Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy related to export of Cough Syrup w.e.f. 1st June, 2023:

SI. NO. ITC
HSCodes		 Description Existing Export Policy  Revised Export Policy
84 A 3004 Cough Syrup Free

Cough Syrup shall be permitted to be exported subject to the export sample being tested and production of Certificate of Analysis (CoA) issued by any of the following laboratories:

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

  • CDL, Kolkata, West Bengal

  • CDTL, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

  • CDTL, Mumbai, Maharashtra

  • CDTL, Hyderabad, Telangana

  • RDTL, Chandigarh

  • RDTL, Guwahati, Assam

  • Any NABL accredited State Drugs Testing Laboratory

2. Effect of this Notification:

The export of "Cough Syrup" under ITC (HS) Codes falling under the Heading 3004 shall be permitted subject to the export sample being tested and production of Certificate of Analysis (CoA) issued by any of the laboratories as mentioned in Para-1 above, with effect from 1st June 2023.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F. No. 01/91/180/21/AM20/EC/Part-VII/e- 21207)