Sunday, April 12, 2009

Pharma exports cross $1bn-mark


NEW DELHI, April 12 (PTI): The exports of pharmaceutical products were valued at 1.01 billion dollars in December, the highest in the first nine months of 2008-09.

According to Pharmaceuticals Exports Promotion Council (PHARMEXIL), total exports in December surged by 46.3 per cent to 1.01 billion dollars from 609 million dollars in the same month of the previous fiscal.

The overseas sales in the first nine months of 2008-09 went up by 21 per cent to 8.44 billion dollars against 6.97 billion dollars in 2007-08. ASSAM TRIBUNE