Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi.
Policy Circular No. 43 (RE-2010)/2009-14
Dated the 25th October, 2011
To
All Customs Authorities / All Regional Authorities / Members of Trade.
Subject:- Implementation of bar coding on tertiary packing of consignments of
pharmaceuticals and drugs for export with effect from 01.10.2011.
As per
Public Notice No. 59 (RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 30.06.2011, incorporation of
barcodes (1 D) encoding unique product identification code (GTIN), Batch Number,
Expiry Date and Unique Serial Number of the Tertiary pack (shipper/carton) on
export consignments of pharmaceuticals and drugs has come into effect from
01.10.2011.
- It is clarified that the above barcoding requirement is compulsory for
pharmaceuticals and drugs manufactured on or after 01.10.2011.
- This issues with the approval of Commerce Secretary.
Sd/-
(Hardeep Singh)
Joint Director General of Foreign Trade
Email: [email protected]
(Issued from F.No 01/91/180/648/AM09/Export Cell)