Lok Sabha Question No. 2364 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-03
Subject: Pharmaceutical Export
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Diya Kumari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2364 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 rd  AUGUST, 2021

## Pharmaceutical Export

## 2364. MS. DIYA KUMARI:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details about the existing schemes to promote pharmaceutical exports in the country;
- (b) the quantum of pharmaceutical exports over the past three years; category-wise;
- (c) the data of drug exporting States, State-wise thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is considering to promote exports of pharmaceuticals; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS (SHRI MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a):    The  measures  taken  by  Department  of  Commerce  to  promote exports  include  various schemes under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), assistance under the Market Access Initiative (MAI) scheme, setting up district export hubs, Transport and Market Assistance Scheme etc. Trade delegations/buyer-seller meets with various countries are  regularly organized for the benefit of exporters. Airfare support is also provided to the exporters with a turnover of Rs.30 crore and below to encourage participation in business delegations/trade fairs.
- (b):  The quantum of pharmaceutical exports of past three years, category-wise is as under:

(In Million USD)

|   S. No. | Category                       |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|----------|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Bulk Drugs, Drug Intermediates |      3911 |      3886 |      4430 |
|        2 | Drug Formulations, Biologics   |     14389 |     15941 |     19042 |

- (c):   Data of Drug exporting States/UTs is given in Annexure .
- (d)  &  (e).    Department  of  Commerce,  in  partnership  with  other  stakeholders,  is  working towards boosting our presence in under penetrated/potential international markets viz. North East Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin America, South East Asia etc. The Department is also actively  taking  up  with  MoHFW/CDSCO  for  promotion  of  newer  products  such  as  gene therapy, bio-similars, specialty drugs to drive the next phase of export growth.

## Annexure

## ( In Million USD)

| State               | Principal Commodity            | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|---------------------|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| ANDAMAN& NICOBAR    | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | 0.01      | -         | 0.25      |
|                     | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS | 0.06      | -         | -         |
| ANDHRA PRADESH      | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | 432.81    | 441.17    | 481.25    |
|                     | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS | 1191.76   | 1481.54   | 1987.47   |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH   | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | -         | -         | 0.00      |
| ASSAM               | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | -         | -         | 0.00      |
|                     | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS | 1.32      | 1.61      | 3.94      |
| BIHAR               | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | 0.75      | 0.04      | 0.13      |
|                     | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS | 53.02     | 52.05     | 44.39     |
| CHANDIGARH          | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | 0.33      | 1.23      | 1.85      |
|                     | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS | 3.17      | 2.32      | 4.78      |
| CHATTISGARH         | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | 0.08      | 0.12      | 0.04      |
|                     | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS | 0.44      | 0.04      | 0.05      |
| DADRA& NAGAR HAVELI | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | 0.79      | 0.64      | 2.94      |
|                     | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS | 168.09    | 271.77    | 407.00    |
| DAMAN &DIU          | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | 2.59      | 2.07      | 1.27      |
|                     | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS | 206.96    | 249.89    | 205.58    |
| DELHI               | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | 15.96     | 11.34     | 13.16     |
|                     | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS | 113.49    | 131.60    | 166.98    |
| GOA                 | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | 9.77      | 5.61      | 6.51      |
|                     | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS | 1306.51   | 1221.92   | 1175.22   |
| GUJARAT             | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | 762.72    | 838.72    | 969.80    |
|                     | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS | 2689.28   | 3053.53   | 3719.96   |

| HARYANA          | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 101.17   | 108.37   | 110.93   |
|------------------|----------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 173.45   | 124.64   | 134.48   |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 58.77    | 60.34    | 70.98    |
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 703.02   | 822.03   | 1111.81  |
| JAMMU& KASHMIR   | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 1.17     | 0.52     | 2.63     |
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 33.13    | 40.47    | 44.79    |
| JHARKHAND        | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 0.00     | -        | -        |
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | -        | -        | 0.00     |
| KARNATAKA        | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 202.21   | 199.91   | 261.15   |
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 549.45   | 634.99   | 822.96   |
| KERALA           | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 0.51     | 0.49     | 0.88     |
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 12.23    | 7.12     | 11.49    |
| MADHYA PRADESH   | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 244.28   | 234.29   | 238.47   |
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 1107.67  | 1158.55  | 1443.35  |
| MAHARASHTRA      | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 779.94   | 733.51   | 821.54   |
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 3071.45  | 3324.78  | 3604.17  |
| MANIPUR          | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 0.05     | -        | 0.04     |
| ODISHA           | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 0.06     | 0.12     | 0.10     |
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 0.51     | -        | 0.01     |
| PONDICHERRY      | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 55.30    | 55.59    | 56.95    |
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 101.64   | 96.72    | 99.03    |
| PUNJAB           | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 301.86   | 302.19   | 314.52   |
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 94.63    | 98.91    | 140.13   |
| RAJASTHAN        | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 55.76    | 48.07    | 72.50    |
|                  | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 139.46   | 186.02   | 178.43   |

| SIKKIM        | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 0.01    | 0.00    |    0.02 |
|---------------|----------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
|               | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 2.21    | 3.99    |    5.94 |
| TAMILNADU     | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 141.57  | 143.42  |  125.89 |
|               | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 279.03  | 335.27  |  419.21 |
| TELANGANA     | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 629.05  | 606.06  |  754.78 |
|               | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 2102.30 | 2353.54 | 2904.11 |
| TRIPURA       | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   |         |         |    0.15 |
| UTTAR PRADESH | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 62.35   | 50.59   |   77.97 |
|               | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 58.59   | 58.72   |   86.45 |
| UTTARANCHAL   | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 17.54   | 21.84   |   19.37 |
|               | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 161.91  | 168.90  |  226.07 |
| WEST BENGAL   | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES   | 16.55   | 15.73   |   14.99 |
|               | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | 33.79   | 44.91   |   43.28 |

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