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    China major supplier of APIs to Indian pharma companies

    Indian pharmaceutical industry imports majority of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates worth billions of dollars from China.

    December 16, 2012 / 17:04 IST

    Indian pharmaceutical industry imports majority of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates worth billions of dollars from China. According to the official data, till February 2012 (2011-12), total imports of APIs and intermediates from various countries stood at USD 3.07 billion, of which imports from China stood at USD 1.65 billion. Indian firms imported APIs and intermediates worth nearly USD 3 billion in 2010-11 with China alone accounting for USD 1.88 billion, the data showed.


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    During 2009-10, Indian firms imported APIs worth USD 2.4 billion while imports from China stood at USD 1.14 billion. Indian firms import majority of their raw materials from China as they get benefit of cost by sourcing from the neighbouring country, Angel Broking Head of Research Sarabjeet Kaur said. "It's not a threat to Indian pharmaceutical sector as Indian pharma sector is more of a formulations focused industry, while China is more of APIs," she added.

    The pharmaceutical industry is valued at USD 22 billion and stands third largest in terms of volume and 13th in terms of value. The sector is growing at a rate of 14 per cent per annum. The growth of the sector has been driven by high quality and competitively priced medicines for domestic and global markets covering both developing and highly regulated markets of the US and the European Union.

    first published: Dec 16, 2012 05:00 pm

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