Export Consultant in Hyderabad | Pharma, API and Bulk Drug Exporters | Rasp International

RoDTEP is the primary remission scheme, and the rates are published against the eight digit HS code under Appendix 4R. This matters more in pharma than almost anywhere else, because an API under Chapter 29 and a finished formulation under Chapter 30 are treated as different products with different remission entitlements even where they come off the same site.

A wrong or lazy classification does not produce an error message. It silently reduces or zeroes your remission and nobody tells you. We see it most often where a unit exports intermediates, APIs and formulations under one convenient code because that is what the CHA has always used.

Duty drawback works differently from RoDTEP and the two are frequently confused. Drawback pays directly into your bank account. RoDTEP issues a transferable scrip. A scrip can only be sold twenty four hours after issuance, not before.

The RoDTEP declaration on the shipping bill checklist. If the RoDTEP option is not marked as yes at the time of filing, the claim is dead. It cannot be added retrospectively. It does not matter that your product is eligible, that your Pharmexcil RCMC is valid, or that every other document is perfect.

Pharma exporters lose more to this than most, because air cargo consignments move fast and under pressure, and the person filing is optimising for release time rather than for remission. If you ship regularly by air, this belongs on a pre filing checklist that somebody in your office owns, not your clearing agent.

The other recurring failure is an AD Code, IFSC or account number mismatch between what DGFT holds and what the shipping bill carries. The scrip cannot credit to a bank account the system does not recognise.

You need a valid RCMC to claim most export benefits, and for pharmaceutical product lines Pharmexcil is the relevant council. It covers bulk drugs, formulations, biotech products, herbal and Indian systems of medicine, diagnostics and clinical research. RCMC is now issued electronically through the DGFT platform under the e-RCMC process, which means your DGFT profile data and your RCMC application data have to agree with each other.

Mismatches between the firm name on your IEC, your GST registration, your bank records and your RCMC application are the most common reason these get stuck. Name matching is case sensitive. A firm registered in capitals will not match the same name in title case.

A large share of Hyderabad API production depends on imported key starting materials and intermediates, which means most units here run a real import leg alongside the export leg. That combination is exactly where Advance Authorisation earns its keep, because it allows duty free import of inputs against a defined export obligation.

It is powerful and it is unforgiving. The norms have to match your actual consumption, the export obligation has to be met inside the period, and an unmet obligation eventually lands the firm on the Denied Entity List and freezes DGFT benefits entirely. If you are already importing intermediates and paying full duty on them, that is worth an hour of examination rather than an assumption.

EPCG is the other one worth checking, for units importing reactors, analytical instruments or packaging lines, since it defers duty on capital goods against an export obligation calculated on the duty saved.

Four reasons, in order of how often we see them.

Documentation mismatch across PAN, Aadhaar, GST and bank records. PAN and Aadhaar not linked, which blocks Aadhaar OTP authentication completely and forces you onto a Class 3 DSC. Handwritten cancelled cheques, which get rejected because the cheque must be pre printed with the account holder name. And branch addresses entered in an order that does not match the serial order shown on the GST certificate.

When a shipment is waiting and the cheque is the problem, a bank certificate in the prescribed format is usually the faster route than reordering a chequebook.

Yes. The window runs from 1 April to 30 June every year and it is mandatory even where there are no changes to declare. Confirming with no changes is free. Modifying carries a fee. Missing the window deactivates your IEC, which means shipments stop.

This catches established units more than new ones, because a firm exporting for fifteen years assumes a lifetime IEC needs no maintenance.

RoDTEP rates were reduced by fifty percent in February 2026 under Notification 60/2025-26 and then restored in full in March 2026 under Notification 66/2025-26. ITC HS Chapters 01 to 24 were exempt from that cut. The scheme has been extended to 30 September 2026 under Notification 74/2025-26.

The number that should shape your filing behaviour is the budget. The FY2026-27 allocation is roughly ten thousand crore against a prior figure closer to eighteen thousand crore. A smaller pool with the same claimant base means filing early in the year matters more than it used to. Sitting on claims is now a real cost.

Most of this work is filing work and filing is not local. DGFT applications, RCMC, RoDTEP claims, e-BRC closure, AD Code registration and DSC issuance are handled on portals, and we file at all regional authorities and at DGFT headquarters in New Delhi. Documentation review, classification checks and scheme selection happen over call and WhatsApp.

Where physical presence matters, which is mostly customs escalation and port level coordination, we work through established relationships rather than pretending to have an office in every city.

Five things. Whether your IEC annual updation for this year is confirmed. Whether the RoDTEP declaration is being marked on every shipping bill and every air consignment. Whether your HS classification separates APIs, intermediates and formulations correctly against Appendix 4R. Whether your AD Code and bank details match across DGFT, GST and your shipping bills. And whether any issued scrips are sitting unsold past the point where you needed the cash.

If you are unsure on any of them, that is the conversation to have.