CHAPTER 30 Pharmaceutical Products 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);
Plasters specially calcined or finely ground for use in dentistry (heading 2520);
Aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oil, suitable for medicinal uses (heading 3301);
Preparations of headings 3303 to 3307, even if they have therapeutic or prophylactic properties;
Soap or other products of heading 3401 containing added medicaments;
Preparations with a basis of plaster for use in dentistry (heading 3407); or
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)
Simple vegetable extracts of heading 1302, merely standardised or dissolved in any solvent;
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.
Heading 3006 applies only to the following, which are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of this Schedule
Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure;
Sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents;
Sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics;
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;
Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements;
Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937 or on spermicides;
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
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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______________________________________________________________________________________ 3001 Glands and other organs for organo Import under this heading -therapeutic uses, dried, whether or are subject to Wild life not powdered; extracts of glands or (Protection) Act, 1972 and other organs or of their secretions for CITES. organo therapeutic uses;heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included
Glands and other organs, dried, whether or not
Extracts of glands or other organs or of their
______________________________________________________________________________________ 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
modified immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of biotechnological processes: Antisera:
For diphtheria, pertusis and tetanus (DPT)
For typhoid-paratyphoid (TAB) or typhoid-
Import will be subject to Licensing Note No. 1 to the Chapter.
Cultures of microorganisms( excluding yeast) Free
______________________________________________________________________________________ 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
Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, Free
and other requirements as administered by Drug Controller General of India under the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Containing hormones or other products of heading 29 37 but not containing antibiotics:
Containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but Free
not containing hormones or other products of heading 29 37 or antibiotics
Ayurvedic, Unani, siddha, Homoeopathic or bio-chemic systems medicaments :
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:
Bovine Albumin and drugs of animal origin
______________________________________________________________________________________ 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
Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof,
with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives:
Imports are permitted subject to Registration
India under the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Imports are permitted subject to Registration and other requirements as administered
India under the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Containing hormones or other products of heading 29 37 but not containing antibiotics:
Containing corticosteroid hormones,their
Pituitary hormones; Prednisolone; Dexamethasone; Danazol; Other progestogen and oestogen group hormones:
hormones Gonadotrophins and luteinising hormone:
Containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but
not containing hormones, other products of heading 29 37 or antibiotics:
Codeine and its derivatives, with or without
Ergot preperations, ergotamine and its salts
Other medicaments containing vitamins or
Heamatinics and Erythropoyetin preperations Free
Preperations of minerals and their supplements Free
Of vitamin B1 and B2 and their salts thereof
Ayurvedic, Unani, Homoeopathic, Siddha or Bio-chemic systems medicaments, put up for retail sale:
Anthelmintics drugs; Antiamoebic and other Antiprotozal drugs;Antifungal drugs
Antihistaminics drugs; Antacids preperations; Antiulcer drugs; Antiemitics and other Gastrointestinal drugs:
(Milk of Magnesia), Magnesium carbonate, Magnesium trisilicate, Aluminium hydroxide gel, Magaldarate and combinations thereof
Actimycin D Dactinomycin and Doxorubicin Free
L-Asparaginase, Cisplatin and Carboplatin
Antitubercular drugs; Antileprotic drugs; Antimalarial drugs:
Imports are permitted subject to Registration and other requirements as administered
India under the provisions of Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
Acedapsone(DADDS),Solopsone and Clofazimine:
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory, analgesics and antipyratic drugs
Analgin with or without other compounds such Free
Acetyl salicylic acid(Aspirin) and formulations Free
Ibuprofen with or without paracetamol or other Free
Captopril, Enalapril, Lisimopril, Perimdopril Free
Antiepiliptic drugs; Sulfa drugs not elsewhere specified
enzymes; veterinary medicinal preparations, not for human use, not elsewhere specified or included; Oral rehydration salts; Antibacterial formulations not elsewhere specified or included, Sedatives and Tranquilizers:
Primidone, Phenytoin, Carbamazepine, Ethosuximide, Valporic acid (Sodium valporate), Diazepam, Lamotrigine, Gabapentin, Bigabatrin, Phenacemide, Trimethadione and Acetazolamide
Veterinary medicinal preparations, not for
human use, not elsewhere specified or included
Antibacterial formulations, not elsewhere
Chloropheniramine Maleate, with or without Free
other compounds (excluding steriods and alkaloids)
Carcino-chenotherapeutic drugs not elsewhere Free
______________________________________________________________________________________ 3005 Wadding,gauze,bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings,adhesive plasters,poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes
Adhesive dressings and other articles having
Burn therapy dressing soaked in protective gel Free
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Pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this Chapter
Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture
materials and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics:
Sterile, surgical catgut and similar sterile
suture materials and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical would closure
Sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents and Free
sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics
examinations; diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient
Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone Free
Chemical contraceptive preparations based on
hormones, or on other products of heading 29 37 or on spermicides :
Gel preparations designed to be used in human Free
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
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1. (a) import of blood and other biological material for diagnostic or therapeutic
purposes for individual cases will be free; and
Import of human biological material for bio-medical purposes will be
referred to the Indian Council of Medical Research which is the nodal implementing agency for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare guidelines dated 19th November, 1997.
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