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Government of India
AYUSH
02 DEC 2025 9:47PM by PIB Delhi
Export of medicinal plants and status of eCHARAK 2.0 applications

As per the data available on - https://tradestat.commerce.gov.in, during the financial year 2025-26 (April – August 2025), the value of the trade of Medicinal Plants recorded under Chapter 12 of HS-Code 1211(PLNTS AND PRTS OF PLNTS INCLD SEDS AND FRUTS USD FOR PRFUMRY PHRMACY/INSCTCIDL OR SMLR PUR FRSH/DRID, CHLD/FROZ W/N CUT CRSHD) is 1855.72 (Crore). The details are given at Annexure-I

S.No

HS Code

Commodity

2025-26(Apr-Aug 25)              (Amount in Cr)

1

1211

PLNTS AND PRTS OF PLNTS INCLD SEDS AND FRUTS USD FOR PRFUMRY PHRMACY/INSCTCIDL OR SMLR PUR FRSH/DRID, CHLD/FROZ W/N CUT CRSHD

1855.72

 

Further, as per the data available on - https://tradestat.commerce.gov.in, the major countries importing these products are as follows: USA, GERMANY, ITALY, UAE, CHINA PRP, FRANCE, VIETNAM, UK, RUSSIA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NETHERLAND, KOREA RP, SPAIN, JAPAN.

To provide a digital platform for trade of Medicinal Plants among farmers, industries and other stakeholders & to provide easy market access National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of Ayush has launched “e-CHARAK” mobile application as well as web portal for the promotion and marketing of medicinal plants/herbs.

Further, following steps have been taken to enhance the functionality of the digital platform and mobile app "eCHARAK 2.0".

(i)   Revamping of the existing application using upgraded technology.

(ii)  Enhanced security mechanism to enable users to enlist medicinal plants for sale.

(iii) Multilingual access.

(iv) Interactive user guide for ease of access

(v)  Chatbot for assistance.

Functional Modules of eCharak are Knowledge Resources, Market Price, Post an Item, Directory of MAP stakeholders, which helps all stakeholders to access agro techniques of medicinal plants, market price of medicinal plants (commodity wise, market wise and price wise).

National Medicinal Plants Board, Ministry of Ayush is implementing a Central Sector Scheme on Conservation, Development and Sustainable Management of Medicinal Plants throughout the country. The scheme is aimed at providing project-based support for the following activities:

  1. In-situ conservation / Ex-situ conservation.
  2. Livelihood linkages with Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) / Panchayats / Van Panchayats / Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) / Self Help Groups (SHGs).
  3. Establishment of Nurseries and Herbal Garden.
  4. Research & Development.
  5. Promotion, marketing and trade of medicinal plants produce.
  6. Information Education & Communication (IEC) activities like Training / Workshops / Seminars/ Conferences etc.
  7. Forward and backward linkage in supply chain of medicinal plants (Integrated Component).

Annexure I

 

TradeStat->Eidb->Export->Commodity-wise-all-countries

Report Generated on: 11/26/2025 - Values in ₹ Crore|

S.No.

Country / Region

2024-2025

2025-2026(Apr-Aug)

1

U S A

1,414.27

604.62

2

GERMANY

608.09

290.56

3

ITALY

339.12

155.22

4

U ARAB EMTS

155.34

65.51

6

CHINA P RP

190.48

63.12

7

FRANCE

134.03

57.82

8

VIETNAM SOC REP

63.84

56.51

9

U K

133.68

47.37

10

RUSSIA

79.68

36.55

11

CANADA

84.98

34.08

12

AUSTRALIA

74.87

31.73

13

NETHERLAND

73.65

31.21

14

KOREA RP

72.32

31.10

15

SPAIN

60.24

29.66

16

JAPAN

64.83

25.59

17

BANGLADESH PR

134.88

20.83

18

SAUDI ARAB

47.83

17.82

19

THAILAND

53.48

17.78

20

MOROCCO

17.66

17.31

21

MEXICO

72.47

15.99

22

PHILIPPINES

32.14

15.57

23

BRAZIL

54.32

15.42

24

SWEDEN

46.01

13.54

25

SRI LANKA DSR

19.64

11.47

26

MALAYSIA

30.87

11.37

27

IRELAND

36.18

11.18

28

KUWAIT

18.08

8.78

29

INDONESIA

33.55

8.47

30

NEPAL

11.54

8.09

31

TAIWAN

11.65

7.84

32

POLAND

19.54

6.79

33

EGYPT A RP

18.18

4.94

34

TURKEY

14.01

4.52

35

COLOMBIA

11.23

3.70

36

DENMARK

10.95

3.44

37

SOUTH AFRICA

14.78

3.38

38

BELGIUM

43.92

3.34

39

IRAN

25.16

3.34

40

FINLAND

8.40

3.04

41

QATAR

6.24

3.04

42

GUATEMALA

9.79

2.94

43

ROMANIA

4.93

2.72

44

ALGERIA

5.73

2.66

45

NEW ZEALAND

7.48

2.62

46

AUSTRIA

12.39

2.40

47

ECUADOR

4.49

2.21

48

IRAQ

5.77

2.02

49

COSTA RICA

3.97

1.97

50

GREECE

1.41

1.70

51

MYANMAR

3.04

1.66

52

CROATIA

1.19

1.58

53

JORDAN

4.34

1.52

54

SLOVENIA

5.71

1.49

55

LITHUANIA

4.68

1.44

56

ARGENTINA

6.49

1.42

57

CHILE

3.36

1.42

58

SWITZERLAND

1.60

1.40

59

SINGAPORE

5.84

1.16

60

YEMEN REPUBLC

1.27

1.11

61

CZECH REPUBLIC

5.78

1.10

62

ISRAEL

6.84

1.09

63

PERU

3.06

0.93

64

LIBYA

2.52

0.91

65

BULGARIA

2.99

0.90

66

UNSPECIFIED

 

0.80

67

NIGERIA

1.04

0.76

68

MAURITIUS

1.71

0.73

69

EL SALVADOR

0.47

0.67

70

TUNISIA

0.63

0.65

71

HUNGARY

2.15

0.63

72

OMAN

1.66

0.59

73

SURINAME

0.19

0.53

74

UZBEKISTAN

2.97

0.51

75

TRINIDAD

0.61

0.50

76

TANZANIA REP

0.86

0.49

77

GHANA

0.21

0.48

78

LATVIA

2.31

0.46

79

SERBIA

0.56

0.44

80

URUGUAY

0.73

0.43

81

KENYA

0.75

0.42

82

BAHARAIN IS

1.46

0.34

83

HONG KONG

2.93

0.32

84

SYRIA

 

0.32

85

BELARUS

 

0.30

86

ESTONIA

1.50

0.27

87

DOMINIC REP

0.90

0.26

88

LIBERIA

0.00

0.22

89

UKRAINE

0.37

0.22

90

VENEZUELA

0.70

0.20

91

GEORGIA

0.35

0.17

92

KAZAKHSTAN

0.85

0.17

93

PARAGUAY

0.01

0.16

94

PORTUGAL

0.80

0.16

95

SOMALIA

0.32

0.14

96

LEBANON

0.92

0.13

97

MALDIVES

0.34

0.12

98

MONGOLIA

0.11

0.11

99

REUNION

0.10

0.10

100

PANAMA REPUBLIC

0.06

0.09

101

ANGOLA

0.06

0.08

102

FIJI IS

0.15

0.08

103

JAMAICA

0.07

0.08

104

MONTENEGRO

0.09

0.08

105

HONDURAS

0.10

0.06

106

PAPUA N GNA

0.11

0.05

107

PUERTO RICO

 

0.05

108

SIERRA LEONE

0.00

0.05

109

MOLDOVA

0.07

0.04

110

NORWAY

0.01

0.04

111

BHUTAN

0.04

0.03

112

ANTIGUA

 

0.02

113

AZERBAIJAN

0.08

0.02

114

BRUNEI

0.08

0.02

115

DJIBOUTI

 

0.02

116

GUYANA

0.04

0.02

117

MAURITANIA

 

0.02

118

SENEGAL

0.00

0.02

119

SLOVAK REP

0.87

0.02

120

COTE D' IVOIRE

0.00

0.01

121

CYPRUS

0.02

0.01

122

MOZAMBIQUE

0.03

0.01

123

NETHERLANDANTIL

0.04

0.01

124

SOLOMON IS

 

0.01

125

AFGHANISTAN

9.38

0.00

126

AMERI SAMOA

 

0.00

127

BAHAMAS

0.00

0.00

128

BOTSWANA

0.12

0.00

129

CAMBODIA

0.00

0.00

130

CAMEROON

0.00

0.00

131

CAYMAN IS

0.00

0.00

132

CONGO D. REP.

0.00

0.00

133

CONGO P REP

 

0.00

134

ETHIOPIA

 

0.00

135

GUADELOUPE

 

0.00

136

MALTA

0.00

0.00

137

MONTSERRAT

0.00

0.00

138

SEYCHELLES

0.01

0.00

139

TOGO

0.06

0.00

140

UGANDA

0.03

0.00

141

ZAMBIA

0.04

0.00

142

ALBANIA

0.07

 

143

ARMENIA

0.00

 

144

BARBADOS

0.00

 

145

BENIN

0.00

 

146

BOLIVIA

0.05

 

147

BOSNIA-HRZGOVIN

0.07

 

148

DOMINICA

0.00

 

149

GAMBIA

0.00

 

150

GRENADA

0.00

 

151

GUINEA

0.14

 

152

KIRIBATI REP

0.01

 

153

LUXEMBOURG

0.00

 

154

MADAGASCAR

0.01

 

155

MARTINIQUE

0.05

 

156

NICARAGUA

0.10

 

157

PAKISTAN IR

11.10

 

158

SAMOA

0.00

 

159

ST LUCIA

0.01

 

160

SUDAN

0.01

 
 

Total

4508.54

1855.72

 

This information was given by the Minister of State (IC) for Ayush Shri Pratap Rao Jadhavin a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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