Importing cosmetics, drugs or medical devices: Customs to check CDSCO documents before out-of-charge — upload them on e-SANCHIT

What Customs has been told

Cosmetics, drugs and medical devices need licences, permissions and registration certificates under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and the Rules made under it. Integration of these documents under SWIFT 2.0 is in process. Until then, CBIC has asked field formations to exercise due diligence and check the documents at the time of out-of-charge for Bills of Entry facilitated by the partner Government agency.

The seven checklists

1. Cosmetics
2. Drugs — Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient and finished formulation
3. Import of drugs for personal use, and of small quantities of a new drug by a Government hospital or autonomous medical institution for treatment of patients
4. Import of drugs for examination, test or analysis
5. Medical devices, including in-vitro diagnostic kits and devices
6. Import of medical devices
7. Import of raw materials and components used for manufacture of medical devices

For cosmetics, the checklist starts with a self-certified copy of the Registration Certificate issued by CDSCO — Form COS-2 for a fresh registration or Form COS-4A for a subsequent one — and a self-certified copy of the invoice.

What importers should do

• Read the checklist for your product category in Annexure-A of the circular.
• Upload each listed document on e-SANCHIT with the Bill of Entry.