Lok Sabha Question No. 2639 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-04
Subject: Export of Herbal Medicines
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava, Virendra  Kumar, Pratima Bhoumik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2639 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 th DECEMBER, 2019

## EXPORT OF HERBAL MEDICINES

## 2639. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

MS. PRATIMA BHOUMIK:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण�य एवं उ�ोग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any policy for the export of herbs and herbal medicines and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether India's share in total global export of herbal medicines is very low;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) the country and value-wise details of the total export of herbal medicines during each of the last three years and the current year; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to promote export of herbal medicines and to create export avenues for the farmers opting for the cultivation of herbs and medicinal plants across the country?

## ANSWER

okf.kT; ,oa m|ksx ea=h ( Jh ih;w'k xks;y ) THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) As per the ITC(HS) Export Policy, 2018, export of 'Herbal Medicines' is free and does not require license from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). However, DGFT has notified prohibitions and restrictions on some products of Plant and Plant Portions, which is available at https://dgft.gov.in/policies/notifications-archive?page=18.
- (b) No Sir.
- (c)   Does not arise.
- (d)   The country-wise and value-wise details of the total exports of herbal products during each of the last 3 years and the current year may be seen at ANNEXURE - I .
- (e)  In order to promote India's exports and to create export avenues for the farmers opting for the cultivation of herbs and medicinal plants, the Government has taken several measures:
- i. Department of Commerce has set up Export Promotion Councils for promoting exports of various product groups / sectors. The mandate of export promotion of Herbs and Medicinal Plants has been assigned to Shellac & Forest Products Export Promotion Council (SHEFEXIL), headquartered at Kolkata. The export promotion of several Herbal Products has been assigned to Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council (PHARMEXCIL), besides others. These EPCs facilitate the exporting community and undertake  various  export  promotional  measures  for  promotion  of  export  of  their products.
- ii. Under Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme of the Department of Commerce, the EPCs / Trade Bodies are provided financial assistance for participation and organizing Trade  Fairs,  Buyer  Seller  Meets  (BSMs),  Reverse  Buyer  Seller  Meets  (RBSMs), Research & Product Development, Market Studies, etc.
- iii. Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) provides incentives to the exporting community  for  specified  goods  so  as  to  offset  infrastructural  inefficiencies  and  the associated costs of exporting products produced in India, giving special emphasis to those  which  are  of  India's  export  interest  and  have  the  capability  to  generate employment and enhance India's competitiveness in the world market.
- iv. International Cooperation Scheme of Ayush Ministry provides financial assistance to the exporters for the participation in Trade Fairs, organizing International Business Meets & Conferences and product registration reimbursements.
- v.     The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India has  launched  a  'Voluntary Certification  Scheme  for  Medicinal  Plants  Produce (VCSMPP)'  on  22 nd November,  2017  in  order  to  encourage  the  Good  Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and Good Field Collection Practices (GFCPs) of medicinal plants. The VCSMPP  will  enhance  the  availability  of  the  certified  quality  medicinal  plants  raw material  in  the  country  and  create  export  avenues  for  the  farmers  opting  for  the cultivation of herbs and medicinal plants across the country.
- vi. Ministry  of  Ayush  through  its  Quality  Certification  programme  like  Ayush  mark  and Premium mark is also assisting industry in setting up of quality standards.
- vii. Ministry  of Ayush  has  also entered into  MoUs with a few countries for promotion of traditional medicines which will help exports in the long run.

******

Country wise and value wise export of medicinal herbs (Plant and Plant Portion) - Sorted based on the year 2018-

19

| Sr. No.            | EXPORT MARKET April-MARCH 17   | April-MARCH 2017-18   | April-MARCH 2018-19   | April-September 2019-20   |
|--------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
| Sr. No.            | Value USDMn                    | Value USDMn           | Value USDMn           | Value USDMn               |
| 1 U S A            | 90.43                          | 99.00                 | 102.89                | 45.66                     |
| 2 GERMANY          | 30.95                          | 46.78                 | 34.07                 | 19.47                     |
| 3 VIETNAM SOC REP  | 17.55                          | 20.15                 | 26.76                 | 11.28                     |
| 4 CHINA P RP       | 5.44                           | 9.94                  | 13.48                 | 5.23                      |
| 5 ITALY            | 12.82                          | 15.56 12.92           |                       | 6.89                      |
| 6 PAKISTAN IR      | 13.17                          | 10.01 12.45           |                       | 2.71                      |
| 7 BANGLADESH PR    | 3.88                           | 3.71 8.91             |                       | 4.14                      |
| 8 U K              | 9.58                           | 10.41 8.70            |                       | 5.03                      |
| 9 AUSTRALIA        | 6.97                           | 7.02                  | 6.73                  | 2.94                      |
| 10 FRANCE          | 6.01                           | 7.30                  | 5.76                  | 3.31                      |
| 11 U ARAB EMTS     | 6.42                           | 6.37                  | 5.30                  | 1.82                      |
| 12 JAPAN           | 5.59                           | 5.57 5.23             |                       | 2.78                      |
| 13 KOREA RP        | 4.03                           | 4.63                  | 5.15                  | 2.57                      |
| 14 BELGIUM         | 4.85                           | 6.46                  | 4.92                  | 3.33                      |
| 15 CANADA          | 3.59                           | 3.48                  | 4.00                  | 2.41                      |
| 16 MEXICO          | 6.09                           | 3.86                  | 3.75                  | 1.59                      |
| 17 MALAYSIA        | 6.20                           | 4.54                  | 3.64                  | 2.21                      |
| 18 IRAN            | 4.44                           | 3.83                  | 3.11                  | 2.26                      |
| 19 NETHERLAND      | 3.45                           | 5.19                  | 2.83                  | 1.28                      |
| 20 TAIWAN          | 2.17                           | 1.97                  | 2.78                  | 0.84                      |
| 21 AFGHANISTAN TIS | 0.83                           | 3.79                  | 2.78                  | 2.32                      |
| 22 PHILIPPINES     | 2.26                           | 2.72                  | 2.70                  | 1.25                      |
| 23 SPAIN           | 1.67                           | 2.41                  | 2.60                  | 1.30                      |
| 24 SAUDI ARAB      | 2.95                           | 3.36                  | 2.60                  | 0.72                      |
| 25 IRELAND         | 3.74                           | 2.60                  | 2.29                  | 0.83                      |
| 26 BRAZIL          | 1.23                           | 1.58                  | 2.16                  | 1.31                      |
| 27 SRI LANKA DSR   | 2.34                           | 2.11                  | 2.14                  | 0.83                      |

| 28                |   THAILAND |   2.44 2.63 | 2.03      | 0.84   |
|-------------------|------------|-------------|-----------|--------|
| 29 INDONESIA      |       1.59 |        1.45 | 1.71 0.68 |        |
| 30 AUSTRIA        |       3.17 |        3.79 | 1.54 0.80 |        |
| 31 NEPAL          |       1.3  |        1.91 | 1.53      | 0.86   |
| 32 POLAND         |       1.94 |        2.01 | 1.50      | 0.85   |
| 33 EGYPT A RP     |       0.76 |        0.72 | 1.41      | 0.60   |
| 34 KUWAIT         |       0.92 |        0.98 | 1.08      | 0.46   |
| 35 RUSSIA         |       0.83 |        0.88 | 1.05      | 0.49   |
| 36 DENMARK        |       3.19 |        4.22 | 1.01      | 0.89   |
| 37 QATAR          |       1.07 |        1.08 | 0.88      | 0.13   |
| 38 ROMANIA        |       0.43 |        0.48 | 0.88      | 0.56   |
| 39 COLOMBIA       |       0.63 |        1.08 | 0.76      | 0.15   |
| 40 SOUTH AFRICA   |       0.79 |        0.75 | 0.74      | 0.62   |
| 41 ALGERIA        |       0.18 |        0.35 | 0.72      | 0.11   |
| 42 OMAN           |       0.33 |        0.51 | 0.66      | 0.03   |
| 43 CZECH REPUBLIC |       0.7  |        0.7  | 0.65      | 0.23   |
| 44 TURKEY         |       0.46 |        0.94 | 0.64      | 0.38   |
| 45 SWITZERLAND    |       0.33 |        0.44 | 0.53      | 0.31   |
| 46 BAHARAIN IS    |       0.53 |        0.47 | 0.52      | 0.10   |
| 47 SINGAPORE      |       0.44 |        0.56 | 0.52      | 0.28   |
| 48 MYANMAR        |       0.41 |        0.53 | 0.48      | 0.16   |
| 49 NEWZEALAND     |       0.43 |        0.42 | 0.48      | 0.42   |
| 50 GUATEMALA      |       0.95 |        0.66 | 0.46      | 0.22   |
| 51 CHILE          |       0.28 |        0.36 | 0.45      | 0.41   |
| 52 IRAQ           |       0.32 |        0.5  | 0.38      | 0.16   |
| 53 SWEDEN         |       0.45 |        0.63 | 0.36      | 0.09   |
| 54 HUNGARY        |       0.41 |        0.5  | 0.33      | 0.18   |
| 55 SLOVENIA       |       0.19 |        0.13 | 0.33      | 0.16   |
| 56 LATVIA         |       0.36 |        0.29 | 0.32      | 0.06   |
| 57 COSTA RICA     |       0.31 |        0.41 | 0.27      | 0.08   |
| 58 FINLAND        |       0.33 |        0.59 | 0.25      | 0.21   |
| 59 MOROCCO        |       0.3  |        0.37 | 0.25      | 0.32   |
| 60 CAMBODIA       |       0    |        0.01 | 0.24      | 0.04   |
| 61 ECUADOR        |       0.07 |        0.12 | 0.23      | 0.02   |
| 62 ARGENTINA      |       0.16 |        0.33 | 0.22      | 0.09   |
| 63 BULGARIA       |       0.16 |        0.14 | 0.22      | 0.08   |

| 64               |   UKRAINE |   0.10 0.13 | 0.21      | 0.06   |
|------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|--------|
| 65 MAURITIUS     |      0.12 |        0.14 | 0.21 0.08 |        |
| 66 ISRAEL        |      0.32 |        0.66 | 0.20      | 0.09   |
| 67 LITHUANIA     |      0.27 |        0.42 | 0.18      | 0.25   |
| 68 SLOVAK REP    |      0.03 |        0.13 | 0.16      | 0.08   |
| 69 TUNISIA       |      0.09 |        0.06 | 0.15      | 0.02   |
| 70 CONGO D. REP. |      0    |        0.01 | 0.13      | 0.02   |
| 71 TANZANIA REP  |      0.03 |        0.12 | 0.13      | 0.02   |
| 72 CROATIA       |      0.02 |        0.03 | 0.10      | 0.03   |
| 73 FAROE IS.     |      0    |        0    | 0.10      | 0.00   |
| 74 HONG KONG     |      0.14 |        0.07 | 0.10      | 0.03   |
| 75 NIGERIA       |      0.04 |        0.05 | 0.10      | 0.01   |
| 76 ESTONIA       |      0.09 |        0.11 | 0.08      | 0.07   |
| 77 NORWAY        |      0.05 |        0.16 | 0.08      | 0.00   |
| 78 GREECE        |      0.08 |        0.04 | 0.08      | 0.09   |
| 79 UGANDA        |      0.01 |        0.04 | 0.07      | 0.06   |
| 80 URUGUAY       |      0.07 |        0.05 | 0.07      | 0.04   |
| 81 LEBANON       |      0.02 |        0.07 | 0.07      | 0.03   |
| 82 JORDAN        |      0.05 |        0.08 | 0.06      | 0.05   |
| 83 SOMALIA       |      0.12 |        0.08 | 0.06      | 0.02   |
| 84 GEORGIA       |      0.01 |        0.01 | 0.05      | 0.00   |
| 85 MACEDONIA     |      0.06 |        0.04 | 0.05      | 0.03   |
| 86 PORTUGAL      |      0.07 |        0.02 | 0.05      | 0.04   |
| 87 UZBEKISTAN    |      0.03 |        0.03 | 0.05      | 0.01   |
| 88 YEMEN REPUBLC |      0.05 |        0.08 | 0.05      | 0.04   |
| 89 CONGO P REP   |      0    |        0.01 | 0.04      | 0.00   |
| 90 GHANA         |      0.01 |        0.03 | 0.04      | 0.01   |
| 91 SERBIA        |      0.05 |        0.06 | 0.04      | 0.02   |
| 92 DOMINIC REP   |      0.01 |        0.04 | 0.03      | 0.04   |
| 93 EL SALVADOR   |      0    |        0.12 | 0.03      | 0.02   |
| 94 ETHIOPIA      |      0    |        0.03 | 0.03      | 0.00   |
| 95 PERU          |      0    |        0.01 | 0.03      | 0.03   |
| 96 SUDAN         |      0.11 |        0.25 | 0.03      | 0.06   |
| 97 SYRIA         |      0.04 |        0.02 | 0.03      | 0.00   |
| 98 AZERBAIJAN    |      0    |        0.01 | 0.02      | 0.00   |
| 99 KENYA         |      0.04 |        0.07 | 0.02      | 0.05   |

|   100 | PARAGUAY        |   0.00 |   0.00 |   0.02 |   0.00 |
|-------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|   101 | ALBANIA         |   0.01 |   0    |   0.01 |   0    |
|   102 | BHUTAN          |   0    |   0    |   0.01 |   0    |
|   103 | FIJI IS         |   0    |   0.01 |   0.01 |   0.01 |
|   104 | GUADELOUPE      |   0.01 |   0    |   0.01 |   0    |
|   105 | HONDURAS        |   0    |   0.02 |   0.01 |   0.01 |
|   106 | KAZAKHSTAN      |   0.01 |   0    |   0.01 |   0    |
|   107 | MALDIVES        |   0.02 |   0.01 |   0.01 |   0.01 |
|   108 | NICARAGUA       |   0    |   0    |   0.01 |   0    |
|   109 | TRINIDAD        |   0    |   0.01 |   0.01 |   0    |
|   110 | VENEZUELA       |   0.04 |   0    |   0.01 |   0    |
|   111 | BAHAMAS         |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   112 | BARBADOS        |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   113 | BELARUS         |   0    |   0.01 |   0    |   0    |
|   114 | BELIZE          |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   115 | BENIN           |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   116 | BOLIVIA         |   0.02 |   0.03 |   0    |   0.01 |
|   117 | BOSNIA-HRZGOVIN |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   118 | BOTSWANA        |   0.01 |   0.02 |   0    |   0    |
|   119 | BRUNEI          |   0.02 |   0    |   0    |   0.01 |
|   120 | BURKINA FASO    |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   121 | C AFRI REP      |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   122 | CAMEROON        |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   123 | CAYMAN IS       |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   124 | COTE D' IVOIRE  |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   125 | CYPRUS          |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   126 | DOMINICA        |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   127 | GUYANA          |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   128 | ICELAND         |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   129 | JAMAICA         |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   130 | KOREA DP RP     |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   131 | KYRGHYZSTAN     |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   132 | LIBYA           |   0.08 |   0.13 |   0    |   0    |
|   133 | MACAO           |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   134 | MADAGASCAR      |   0.46 |   0    |   0    |   0    |
|   135 | MALAWI          |   0    |   0    |   0    |   0    |

<!-- image -->

|   136 | MARTINIQUE                |   0.00 |   0.01 |   0.00 |   0.00 |
|-------|---------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|   137 | MONGOLIA                  |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   138 | MONTENEGRO                |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0.01 |
|   139 | MOZAMBIQUE                |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   140 | NETHERLANDANTIL           |   0.12 |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   141 | PAPUAN GNA                |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   142 | REUNION                   |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0.01 |
|   143 | SENEGAL                   |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   144 | SEYCHELLES                |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   145 | SIERRA LEONE              |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   146 | ST LUCIA                  |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   147 | SURINAME                  |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   148 | TOGO                      |   0.01 |   0    |      0 |   0.01 |
|   149 | US MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0.07 |
|   150 | ZAMBIA                    |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   151 | ANGOLA                    |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   152 | ARMENIA                   |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   153 | DJIBOUTI                  |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   154 | GABON                     |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   155 | GAMBIA                    |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   156 | GUINEA BISSAU             |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   157 | LIBERIA                   |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   158 | MALTA                     |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   159 | MOLDOVA                   |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   160 | MONTSERRAT                |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   161 | NIGER                     |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   162 | PANAMA REPUBLIC           |   0.01 |   0.01 |      0 |   0    |
|   163 | RWANDA                    |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |
|   164 | ZIMBABWE                  |   0    |   0    |      0 |   0    |

Source: DGCI&S

****