Pharmaceutical goods
HS heading 30.06 covers Pharmaceutical goods. Within Chapter 30 it splits into 9 six-digit subheadings, each carrying its own customs duty line.
- India exports 2024
- $277.9M
- Share of Chapter 30
- 1.2%
- Rank in its chapter
- #4 of 6
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
HS 30.06 covers Pharmaceutical goods. At the six-digit line it breaks down further — starting with pharmaceutical goods — into 9 duty lines shown below. Known as the pharmacy of the world, India is the largest supplier of generic medicines by volume to over 200 markets. India exported $277.9M under this code worldwide in 2024, about 1.2% of all Chapter 30 exports, ranking #4 of 6 lines in its chapter (UN Comtrade).
How to read this code
30.06 is the four-digit HS heading for pharmaceutical goods. 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.
Subheadings under HS 30.06
The Harmonised System breaks Pharmaceutical goods into these 9 subheadings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Pharmaceutical goods; sterile surgical catgut, suture materials, tissue adhesives, laminaria, laminaria tents, absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics, and surgical or dental adhesion barriers
Pharmaceutical goods; opacifying preparations for x-ray examinations, diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient
Pharmaceutical goods; dental cements and other dental fillings, bone reconstruction cements
Pharmaceutical goods; first aid boxes and kits
Pharmaceutical goods; chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937 or on spermicides
Pharmaceutical goods; 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
Pharmaceutical goods; appliances identifiable for ostomy use
Pharmaceutical goods; waste pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical goods; placebos and blinded (or double-blinded) clinical trial kits for a recognised clinical trial, put up in measured doses
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.
More codes in Pharmaceutical products
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