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 22nd 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.
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ANNEXURE - 1
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 2016-17 April-MARCH 2017-18 April-MARCH 2018-19 April-September 2019-20
Value USD Mn Value USD Mn Value USD Mn Value USD Mn
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 1.30 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 0.70 0.70 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 NEW ZEALAND 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 0.50 0.38 0.16
53 SWEDEN 0.45 0.63 0.36 0.09
54 HUNGARY 0.41 0.50 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 0.30 0.37 0.25 0.32
60 CAMBODIA 0.00 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. 0.00 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. 0.00 0.00 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 0.00 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 0.00 0.12 0.03 0.02
94 ETHIOPIA 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.00
95 PERU 0.00 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 0.00 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 0.00 0.01 0.00
102 BHUTAN 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
103 FIJI IS 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
104 GUADELOUPE 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00
105 HONDURAS 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.01
106 KAZAKHSTAN 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00
107 MALDIVES 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01
108 NICARAGUA 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
109 TRINIDAD 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00
110 VENEZUELA 0.04 0.00 0.01 0.00
111 BAHAMAS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
112 BARBADOS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
113 BELARUS 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
114 BELIZE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
115 BENIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
116 BOLIVIA 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.01
117 BOSNIA-HRZGOVIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
118 BOTSWANA 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.00
119 BRUNEI 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.01
120 BURKINA FASO 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
121 C AFRI REP 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
122 CAMEROON 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
123 CAYMAN IS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
124 COTE D'' IVOIRE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
125 CYPRUS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
126 DOMINICA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
127 GUYANA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
128 ICELAND 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
129 JAMAICA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
130 KOREA DP RP 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
131 KYRGHYZSTAN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
132 LIBYA 0.08 0.13 0.00 0.00
133 MACAO 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
134 MADAGASCAR 0.46 0.00 0.00 0.00
135 MALAWI 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
136 MARTINIQUE 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
137 MONGOLIA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
138 MONTENEGRO 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
139 MOZAMBIQUE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
140 NETHERLANDANTIL 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00
141 PAPUA N GNA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
142 REUNION 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
143 SENEGAL 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
144 SEYCHELLES 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
145 SIERRA LEONE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
146 ST LUCIA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
147 SURINAME 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
148 TOGO 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01
149 US MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07
150 ZAMBIA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
151 ANGOLA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
152 ARMENIA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
153 DJIBOUTI 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
154 GABON 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
155 GAMBIA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
156 GUINEA BISSAU 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
157 LIBERIA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
158 MALTA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
159 MOLDOVA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
160 MONTSERRAT 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
161 NIGER 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
162 PANAMA REPUBLIC 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00
163 RWANDA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
164 ZIMBABWE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Source: DGCI&S
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