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Section 14

AYUSH and herbal products

India’s exports: 638.72 US$ million · 2025-26 (provisional)

HS codes
3
top markets
5

How to start

  1. Get an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT online; it is free and linked to your PAN.
  2. Register with AYUSHEXCIL and get your RCMC (Registration-cum-Membership Certificate) through the DGFT e-RCMC system.
  3. Herbal raw materials and extracts are simpler to export than finished medicines, which need product registration abroad.
  4. Learn how your product is classed in the target country (medicine, food supplement or cosmetic) before you label it.

Top buyer countries

  1. United States127.3 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. Germany66.76 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. Italy34.35 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. Vietnam25.4 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. China17.67 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • AYUSH manufacturing licence from the State Licensing Authority with GMP (Schedule T)
  • WHO-GMP or COPP for AYUSH products, and AYUSH Premium Mark where useful
  • Heavy-metal and microbial tests; importing countries may treat products as food supplements

Watch out for

  • Medical claims on labels are not allowed in most markets.
  • Heavy-metal limits have led to bans on some Ayurvedic products abroad.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Ayurvedic Classical Formulations Unit (Arishta, Churna, Avaleha) →Herbal Extraction Unit →Ayurvedic Capsule Making →Ayurvedic Churna Making →Ayurvedic Tablet Making →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "H4, AYUSH AND HERBAL PRODUCTS"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 1211, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023