No Entry Without Notice: CDSCO Directs All Drug Shipments Through Notified Ports via ICEGATE
New Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has issued a directive reminding stakeholders that the import of drugs into India must strictly comply with Rule 43-A of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, which mandates entry only through designated notified ports.
According to the communication, no drug consignment shall be permitted entry into the country unless routed through these specified ports. The rule serves as a key regulatory measure to ensure proper oversight and quality control of imported pharmaceuticals.
The CDSCO further informed that the notified ports of entry have now been mapped with CDSCO Port Offices on ICEGATE, the Indian Customs Electronic Gateway. Accordingly, importers and customs authorities have been advised to refer all Bills of Entry (BOE) related to drugs on ICEGATE to the concerned CDSCO port offices for regulatory clearance.
Rule 43-A of the Drugs Rules, 1945 states:
"No drug shall be imported into India except through one of the following places,namely: Freozepore Cantonment and Amritsar Railway Stations: In respect of drugs imported by rail across the frontier with Pakistan.Ranaghat, Bongaon and Mohiassan Railways Stations: In respect of drugs imported by rail across the frontier with Bangladesh.5 [Petrapole Road in West Bengal, Sutarkandi in Assam, Old Raghna Bazar and Agartala in Tripura : In respect of drugs imported by Road from Bangladesh;]2 [Raxaul: In respect of drugs imported by road and railway lines connecting Raxaul in India and Birganj in Nepal;]4 [Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Cochin, Nhava Sheva, Kandla and Inland Container Depots at Tuglakabad and Patparganj in Delhi and Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu and Marmugao port in Goa and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh: In respect of drugs imported by sea into India;Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi,Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Goa, Bengaluru and Visakhapatnam: in respect of drugs imported by air into India.]
Following is the list of CDSCO port offices and corresponding ports of entry provided in Annexure-B.
Sr. No. | CDSCO Port Office (Address) | Notified Ports as per Rule 43-A (copy annexed) nearest to the CDSCO Port Offices Mapped with ICGATE for import of Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics. |
1 | Seaport, Chennai (Room No. 12, 13, 22, 23, IV Floor, Annex Building, Rajaji Salai, Custom House, Chennai-600 001) | Chennai Sea Port, Chennai Air Port (Tamil Nadu), Tuticorin and Kamrajar Port (Tamil Nadu) Krishnapatnam Port (Andhra Pradesh) |
2 | Airport, Chennai (Air Cargo Complex, Meenambakkam, Chennai-600027) | |
3 | GOA Port (Air Cargo Terminal Building Manohar International Airport, Dadachiwadi Road Nagzar Taluka Pernem, Mopa, North Goa, Goa-403512) | Goa Airport, Marmugao Port (Goa) |
4 | Port Office, Visakhapatnam (5th Floor, Karmika Jyothi Building, Visakhapatnam Port Authority, Visakhapatnam-530001, A.P.) | Visakhapatnam Sea Port, Visakhapatnam Airport, Gangavaram Port (Andhra Pradesh) |
5 | Delhi (Room No. 4 A, Import Building III, Cargo Terminal, IGI Airport, New Delhi) | Air Port (Delhi), Firozepur Cantonment & Amritsar Railway stations (Punjab) |
6 | ICD Tughlakabad Patparganj (Room No. 2302, CONCOR Administrative Building, ICD Tughlakabad, New Delhi-110020) | ICD Tughlakabad Patparganj (Delhi) |
7 | Ahmedabad Airport (Old Terminal Building, Air Cargo Complex, Airport, Ahmedabad-380 003) | Ahmedabad Airport, Kandla, ICD Khohdiyar Gandhinagar, Mundra Port (Gujarat) |
8 | Hazira Seaport (Ms Adani Hazira Port Pvt. Ltd at PO Hazira, Surat-394270) | Hazira Port (Gujarat) |
9 | Seaport, Kolkata (Customs House, 151, Strand Road, Kolkata-700 001) | Kolkata Sea Port, Ranaghat, Bongaon, Mohiassan Railway Station (West Bengal/Assam), Petrapole Road (West Bengal), Sutarkandi (Assam), Old Raghna Bazar, Agartala (Tripura), Raxaul (Bihar) |
10 | Airport, Kolkata (Air Cargo Complex, N.S.C. Bose Intl. Airport, Kolkata-700052) | |
11 | Hyderabad Airport (Unit No. 16,17 18 Second Floor, Cargo Satellite Building, RGI Air Port, SHAMSHABAD, RR Dist., Hyderabad - 500409) | Hyderabad Air Port (Telangana) |
12 | Bangalore Airport (Air India SATS Airfreight Terminal, Plot No. C-05, Bengaluru International Airport, Devanahalli, Bangalore-560300) | Bangalore Airport (Karnataka) |
13 | Sea Port, Mumbai & Nhava Sheva (Ms JWR Logistic Pvt ltd 15-45, Panvel-JNPT Highway, Village Padeghar, post-Vahal, Panvel-410206) | Mumbai Sea Port, Nhava Sheva Port (Maharashtra) |
14 | Airport, Mumbai (International Air Cargo Complex, Sahar Village, Andheri East, Mumbai-400099) | Mumbai Air Port (Maharashtra) |
15 | Sea Port, Kochi (Custom House, Willingdon Island, Kochi 682009) | Cochin Air Port, Thiruvananthapuram Air Port (Kerala) |
16 | Port Office Indore (Inland Container Depot, 113, Concor Complex, Sector-3, Pithampur Industrial Area, Dist. Dhar, Madhya Pradesh) | ICD at Dhannad and Tihi (Indore, Madhya Pradesh) |
To view the official notice, click the link below:
https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/mapping-of-icegate-with-cdsco-notified-ports-303806.pdf
