Pharmaceutical products
Chapter 30 of the Harmonised System covers Pharmaceutical products — 6 four-digit headings spanning human blood to pharmaceutical goods that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $22.98B
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 30 covers pharmaceutical products — a cornerstone Indian export. Known as the pharmacy of the world, India is the largest supplier of generic medicines by volume, shipping formulations, vaccines and bulk drugs to over 200 markets. Subheadings separate bulk active ingredients from dosed medicaments, blood products, dressings and other pharmaceutical preparations.
How to read this code
30 is the two-digit HS chapter for pharmaceutical products. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many chemicals & allied industries lines — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 30
The Harmonised System breaks Pharmaceutical products into these 6 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Glands and other organs (extracts, secretions thereof) for organo-therapeutic uses, dried, powdered or not; heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances for therapeutic or prophylactic uses n.e.c.
Human blood; animal blood for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions, immunological products, modified or obtained by biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) etc
Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) of two or more constituents mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic use not in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale
Medicaments; (not goods of heading no. 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic use, put up in measured doses (incl. those in the form of transdermal admin. systems) or packed for retail sale
Wadding, gauze, bandages (dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or in forms or packings for retail sale, for medical, surgical or veterinary use
Pharmaceutical goods
Top destinations for Chapter 30 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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Indian exporters in this category
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