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Pharmaceuticals exports grow 5.65 per cent in December
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Gireesh Babu, New Delhi
January 19 , 2026
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Exports of drugs and pharmaceuticals from the country reported a growth of 5.65% during the month of December, 2025 and 6.4% for the first nine months of the fiscal year 2025-26, on a Year-over-Year (YoY) basis.
According to preliminary data from the ministry of commerce and industry, the exports of drugs and pharmaceuticals during the month of December stood at $2.63 billion, compared to $2.49 billion in the same month of last year.
In rupee terms, the exports grew 12% at Rs. 23,726.7 crore in December, as against Rs. 21,184.6 crore during the same month last year.
During the nine months ended December 31, 2025, pharma exports reported a growth of 6.4% to $23.11 billion as compared to $21.72 billion during the same period a year ago.
In rupee terms, the exports grew 10.79% during the nine months, at Rs. 2,01,866.86 crore, compared to Rs. 1,82,211.28 crore during the same period of previous fiscal year.
Imports of medicinal and pharmaceutical products reported a growth of 10.31% at $914.06 million during December, as compared to $828.61 million on a YoY basis. Imports during the first nine months of the current fiscal year grew 7.58% to $7.21 billion, as against $6.70 billion in the same period a year ago.
In rupee terms, the growth in imports was around 16.94% for the month of December, at Rs. 8,234.88 crore, compared to Rs. 7,042.06 crore reported in December, last year. For the first nine months of the fiscal year, the imports grew 12.06% to Rs. 63,013.35 crore, as compared to Rs. 56,232.66 crore on a YoY basis.
As reported earlier, the exports of drugs and pharmaceuticals from the country reported a growth of 20.91% during the month of November, 2025 at $2.61 billion, compared to $2.16 billion in the same month of last year.
Imports of medicinal and pharmaceutical products reported a growth of 8.83% to $822.68 million during November, as compared to $755.94 million on a YoY basis.
Exports registered a growth of 6.46% in the first six months of the fiscal year, from April to September, 2025, at around $15.38 billion, as against around $14.45 billion on a YoY basis. Exports during the month of September reported a year-over-year growth of 2.56% at $2.62 billion as compared to $2.55 billion in September, last year.
Imports reported a growth of 7.21% during the six months, to $4.65 billion, as compared to $4.34 billion in the same period of previous fiscal year, while for the month, the imports grew 16.51% at $768.15 million as compared to $659.29 million on a YoY basis.
Exports registered around 5.2% growth in the first three months of the current fiscal year, from April to June, 2025, while imports reported a growth of 4.1%, compared to the corresponding quarter of previous year.
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