The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a standardised checklist which a Customs officers will have to follow before clearing import consignments of cosmetics, drugs and medical devices.
These products require certain mandatory compliance in terms of licenses, permissions, and registration certificates, as per the provisions of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940.
The checklist follows the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)’s measures to facilitate and enhance ease of doing business in these products, the CBIC circular said.
These products have been grouped into seven categories — cosmetics; Drugs in the form of API, finished formulation, import for personal use/import of small quantities of new drug by a medical institution, import for test/analysis.
The checklist for medical devices import has been grouped into in vitro diagnostics kits/devices, import of medical devices and import of raw material for manufacture of such devices.
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