DEPB Scheme rates notified for listed export items, effective mid April, with specific formulation calculation rules applied. Notification under paragraph 4.11 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002, integrates an annexure into Appendix 28A to prescribe item wise DEPB credit rates effective for exports on or after 15 April 1998, corrects a product description in a prior notice, and sets rules for pharmaceutical formulations including a default rate where no specific rate exists, a 75% of mean rule for multi-bulk drug formulations, and specified nil rate exceptions.