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CHAPTER-30

Pharmaceutical Products

Notes:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Foods or beverages (such as dietetic, diabetic or fortified foods, food supplements, tonic beverages and mineral waters)other than nutritional preparations for intravenous administration (Section IV);
(b) Plasters specially calcined or finely ground for use in dentistry (heading 2520);
(c) Aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oil, suitable for medicinal uses (heading 3301);
(d) Preparations of headings 3303 to 3307, even if they have therapeutic or prophylactic properties;
(e) Soap or other products of heading 3401 containing added medicaments;
(f) Preparations with a basis of plaster for use in dentistry (heading 3407); or
(g) Blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses (heading 3502).

2. For the purposes of heading 3002, the expression "modified immunological products" applies only to monoclonal antibodies (MABs), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates.

3. For the purpose of headings 3003 and 3004 and of Note 4(d) to this Chapter, the following are to be treated:-

(a) As unmixed products:
(1) Unmixed products dissolved in water;
(2) All goods of Chapter 28 or 29; and
(3) Simple vegetable extracts of heading 1302, merely standardised or dissolved in any solvent;
(b) As products which have been mixed:
(1) Colloidal solutions and suspensions (other than colloidal sulphur);
(2) Vegetable extracts obtained by the treatment of mixture of vegetable materials; and
(3) Salts and concentrates obtained by evaporating natural mineral waters.

4. Heading 3006 applies only to the following, which are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of this Schedule

(a) Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure;
(b) Sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents;
(c) Sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics;
(d) Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations and diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient, being unmixed products put up in measured doses or products consisting of two or more ingredients which have been mixed together for such uses;
(e) Blood-grouping reagents;
(f) Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements;
(g) First-aid boxes and kits;
(h) Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937 or on spermicides;
(i) Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments ; and
[j] Waste pharmaceuticals, that is, pharmaceutical products
which are unfit for their original intended purpose due to, for example, expiry of shelf life.

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Exim Code	Item Description	Policy	Policy Conditions
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3001	Glands and other organs for organo -therapeutic uses, dried, whether or not powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo therapeutic uses;heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included		Import under this heading are subject to Wild life (Protection) Act, 1972 and CITES.
3001 10	Glands and other organs, dried, whether or not powdered:
3001 10 10	Pancreatin and dried powder of pancreas Other:	Free
3001 10 91	Powdered	Free
3001 10 99	Other	Free
3001 20	Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions:
3001 20 10	Liquid extracts of liver	Free
3001 20 20	Liver extracts, dry	Free
3001 20 30	Snake Venom	Free
3001 20 90	Other	Free
3001 90	Other:
3001 90 10	Of human origin Other:	Free
3001 90 91	Heparin and its salts	Free
3001 90 99	Other	Free
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3002	Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of microorganisms (excluding yeasts)and similar products
3002 10	Antisera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of biotechnological processes: Antisera:
3002 10 11	For diptheria	Free
3002 10 12	For Tetanus	Free
3002 10 13	For rabies	Free
3002 10 14	For snake venom	Free
3002 10 19	Other	Free
3002 10 20	Hemoglobin blood globulins and serum globulins Other:	Free
3002 10 91	Of human origin	Free
3002 10 99	Other	Free
3002 20	Vaccines for human medicine: Single Vaccines:
3002 20 11	For Cholera and Typhoid	Free
3002 20 12	For Hepatitis	Free
3002 20 13	For Tetanus	Free
3002 20 14	For Polio	Free
3002 20 15	For tuberculosis	Free
3002 20 16	For rabies	Free
3002 20 17	For Japanese Encephalitis	Free
3002 20 18	For whopping cough (pertusis)	Free
3002 20 19	Other Mixed vaccines :	Free
3002 20 21	For diphtheria, pertusis and tetanus (DPT)	Free
3002 20 22	For diphtheria and tetanus (DT)	Free
3002 20 23	For measles, mumps, and rubella(MMR)	Free
3002 20 24	For typhoid-paratyphoid (TAB) or typhoid- paratyphoid-cholera (TABC)	Free
3002 20 29	Other	Free
3002 30 00	Vaccines for veterinary medicine	Free
3002 90	Other:
3002 90 10	Human blood	Free
3002 90 20	Animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses	Free
3002 90 30	Cultures of microorganisms( excluding yeast)	Free
3002 90 40	Toxins	Free
3002 90 90	Other	Free
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3003	Medicaments(excluding goods of heading 3002,3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale
3003 10 00	Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives	Free	Imports are permitted subject to Registration and other requirements as administered by Drug Controller General of India under the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
3003 20 00	Containing other antibiotics Containing hormones or other products of heading 29 37 but not containing antibiotics:	Free

3003 31 00	Containing insulin	Free
3003 39 00	Other	Free
3003 40 00	Containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones or other products of heading 29 37 or antibiotics	Free
3003 90	Other: Ayurvedic, Unani, siddha, Homoeopathic or bio-chemic systems medicaments :
3003 90 11	Of Ayurvedic System	Free
3003 90 12	Of Unani systems	Free
3003 90 13	Of Siddha system	Free
3003 90 14	Of Homoeopathic System	Free
3003 90 15	Of bio-chemic system Menthol crystals and Milk of Magnesia:	Free
3003 90 21	Menthol crystals	Free
3003 90 22	Milk of Magnesia Bovine Albumin and drugs of animal origin, Merbromine National Formulary XII (Mercurochrome), Calcium Sennoside, Anaesthetic agents used in human or veterinary medicine or surgery, Aluminium hydroxide gel:	Free
3003 90 31	Bovine Albumin and drugs of animal origin	Free
3003 90 32	Merbromine National Formulary XII (Mercurochrome)	Free
3003 90 33	Calcium Sennoside	Free
3003 90 34	Anaesthetic agents used in human or veterinary medicine or surgery	Free
3003 90 35	Aluminium hydroxide gel	Free
3003 90 90	Other	Free
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3004	Medicaments(excluding goods of heading 3002,3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses(including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale
3004 10	Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives:

3004 10 10	Penicillins	Free	Imports are permitted subject to Registration and other requirements as administered by Drug Controller General of India under the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
3004 10 20	Ampicillin	Free
3004 10 30	Amoxycillin	Free
3004 10 40	Becampicillin	Free
3004 10 50	Cloxacillin	Free
3004 10 60	Ampicillin and Cloxacillin combinations	Free
3004 10 70	Streptomycin	Free
3004 10 90	Other	Free
3004 20	Containing other antibiotics: Cephalosporins and their derivatives:
3004 20 11	Cefazolin	Free
3004 20 12	Cephalexin	Free
3004 20 13	Ciprofloxacin	Free
3004 20 14	Cefoxitin	Free
3004 20 19	Other	Free
3004 20 20	Sulfonamides and Cotrimoxazole Fluoroquinolones:	Free
3004 20 31	Norfloxacin	Free
3004 20 32	Nalidixic acid	Free
3004 20 33	Ciprofloxacin	Free
3004 20 34	Ofloxacin	Free
3004 20 39	Other Tetracyclines:	Free
3004 20 41	Chlortetracycline	Free
3004 20 42	Oxytetracycline	Free
3004 20 49	Other	Free
3004 20 50	Chloramphenicol Macrolide:	Free
3004 20 61	Erythromycin	Free
3004 20 62	Roxithromycin	Free
3004 20 63	Clarithromycin	Free
3004 20 64	Azithromycin	Free
3004 20 69	Other	Free
3004 20 70	Cefadoxyl Other:	Free
3004 20 91	Isoniazid	Free
3004 20 92	Rifampicin	Free	Imports are permitted subject to Registration and other requirements as administered by Drug Controller General of India under the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
3004 20 93	Pyrazinamide	Free
3004 20 94	Ethambutol	Free
3004 20 95	Clindamycin	Free
3004 20 96	Vancomycin	Free
3004 20 97	Polymyxin B and Colistin	Free
3004 20 99	Other Containing hormones or other products of heading 29 37 but not containing antibiotics:	Free
3004 31	Containing insulin:
3004 31 10	Insulin injection	Free
3004 31 90	Other	Free
3004 32 00	Containing corticosteroid hormones,their derivatives and structural analogues	Free
3004 39	Other: Pituitary hormones; Prednisolone; Dexamethasone; Danazol; Other progestogen and oestogen group hormones:
3004 39 11	Pituitary hormones	Free
3004 39 12	Prednisolone	Free
3004 39 13	Dexamethasone	Free
3004 39 14	Danazol	Free
3004 39 19	Other progestogen and oestogen group hormones Gonadotrophins and luteinising hormone:	Free
3004 39 21	Gonadotrophins	Free
3004 39 22	Luteinising hormone	Free
3004 39 90	Other	Free
3004 40	Containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, other products of heading 29 37 or antibiotics:
3004 40 10	Atropin and its salts thereof	Free
3004 40 20	Caffein and its salts thereof	Free
3004 40 30	Codeine and its derivatives, with or without ephedrine hydrochloride	Free
3004 40 40	Ergot preperations, ergotamine and its salts thereof	Free
3004 40 50	Papaverine hydrochloride	Free
3004 40 60	Bromohexin and solbutamol	Free
3004 40 70	Theophylline and ephedrine	Free
3004 40 90	Other	Free
3004 50	Other medicaments containing vitamins or other products of heading 2936:
3004 50 10	Heamatinics and Erythropoyetin preperations	Free
3004 50 20	Preperations of minerals and their supplements Preperations of vitamins:	Free
3004 50 31	Of vitamin A	Free
3004 50 32	Of vitamin B1 and B2 and their salts thereof	Free
3004 50 33	Of vitamin B9	Free
3004 50 34	Of vitamin B12