**Summary:**
This notification, No. 06/2023, issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, amends the export policy for cough syrup under Chapter 30 of Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy. Effective June 1, 2023, the export of cough syrup (ITC HS Codes falling under heading 3004) will be permitted only if the export sample is tested and a Certificate of Analysis (CoA) is produced. The CoA must be issued by one 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), or any NABL-accredited State Drugs Testing Laboratory. This notification is issued under the powers conferred by Section 3 and Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023. For further information, contact Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Director General of Foreign Trade & Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India, at dgft@nic.in. The notification was issued from F. No. 01/91/180/21/AM20/EC/Part-VII/e-21207 and is dated May 22, 2023.
Key Entities Referenced
Foreign Trade Development Regulation Act, 1992: Indian legislation governing foreign trade.
Foreign Trade Policy, 2023: Policy document related to foreign trade regulations.
Cough Syrup: The specific product whose export policy is being amended.
Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh: A laboratory authorized to issue Certificate of Analysis (CoA) for cough syrup exports.
CDL, Kolkata, West Bengal: A laboratory authorized to issue Certificate of Analysis (CoA) for cough syrup exports.
CDTL, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: A laboratory authorized to issue Certificate of Analysis (CoA) for cough syrup exports.
Santosh Kumar Sarangi: Director General of Foreign Trade, signatory of the notification.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: Government agency responsible for foreign trade policy.
(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: 22”May, 2023
Subject: Amendment in Export Policy of Cough Syrup.
S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred bySection 3 read with Section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development &Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Paral.02 and 2.01
of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, the Central Government hereby makesfollowing amendment in
Chapter 30 of the Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy related to export of Cough Syrup
w.e.f. 1° June, 2023:
SI.NO.| ITC Description Existing Revised Export Policy
HSCodes Export Policy
84A 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 1‘ June 2023.
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(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)