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Export of bulk drugs grows over 8.3% in H1FY26
Ingredients South Asia
|November 16-30, 2025
EXPORTS of bulk drugs and intermediates reported a growth of 8.33% in the first half of the current fiscal year on a YoY basis, reporting a trade surplus of almost $229 million for the period.
Exports during the second quarter of the fiscal year grew 10%, while for the month of September, 2025, there was a growth of 5.74%, according to data from the ministry of commerce and industry.
The bulk drugs and intermediates exports during the six months from April to September, 2025 stood at $2.47 billion, as against $2.28 billion in the same period of last year. Quantity of exports grew 12.40% to 2,41,928 MT as against 2,15,255 MT during the comparable period.
In Rupee terms, the growth was almost 12% at Rs. 21,325.3 crore during the six months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to Rs. 19,096 crore during the same period of last year.
This story is from the November 16-30, 2025 edition of Ingredients South Asia.
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