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(Issued from file No. No.01/82/162/120/AM
11-DES.III )
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
New Delhi
Policy Circular No. 35 / 2009-14 Dated : 3rd
June,2010.
Subject:-Inter-changeability of pharmacopeia suffix
USP/EP/BP/JP/IP with the export product for fulfillment of Export Obligation.
PHARMEXCIL has represented that if an exporter has been
issued an Advance Authorization for an export product suffixing one
pharmacopoeia say USP and at the time of redemption of Advance Authorization,
the exporter submits the export documents containing the export product
suffixing another pharmacopoeia, say BP, the Zonal/Regional offices sometimes do
not accept such exports towards fulfillment of export obligation. It has been
suggested that the pharmacopoeia standard other than mentioned in the licenses
should be considered towards fulfillment of export obligation, i.e.,
pharmacopoeia, viz., USP/EP/BP/JP may be treated as interchangeable.
2. The matter has been considered by the concerned Norms
Committee. It was noted that General Note No.4 for ‘Chemical and Allied
Products’ already existing in Hand Book of Procedure Vol. II reads as under:-
“In respect of drug items, export products have been described
with/without suffix such as IP,BP,USP. While issuing licenses, suffix as such
IP,BP,USP, depending upon the suffix used in the export order, may be added
along with the description of the export product.”
3. From the above, it is seen that even if a firm does not
use any suffix, they are allowed to export the product with suffix BP or JP or
USP as the case may be. It is thus clarified here that if an advance
authorization is issued for the export product suffixing pharmacopeia say USP,
the export documents containing the export product suffixing any other
pharmacopoeia, viz., BP or EP or JP or IP may also be accepted towards
fulfillment of export obligation against relevant Advance Authorization. Thus
pharmacopeia IP, BP, EP, JP, or USP may be treated as interchangeable for the
purpose of fulfillment of export obligation.
4. This issues with the approval of Director General of
Foreign Trade.
Sd/-
(Krishan Kumar)
Dy. Director General of foreign Trade
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