Libya has become the third African country to ban the import of Indian drugs, after Nigeria and Uganda. Though there is no official confirmation from the Libyan embassy about the ban, exporters from the country have approached the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council (Pharmexcil) in India as customs officials in Libya have denied them landing permission and some consignments have been seized. Sources close to this development told FE that an adverse notification was issued by Libya in June.
Incidentally, this comes after the United States Trade Representative has, in May, put the country on a ?priority watch list? for unauthorised use of bulk active pharmaceutical ingredients to manufacture counterfeit products.
