Bulk drug imports qualify for the specific concessional IGST rate despite classification under chemical chapters, subject to nil-rating exclusions.

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....Bulk drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients imported under Chapters 28 or 29 qualify as drugs because they are substances used as components of pharmaceutical products. The specific description-based IGST entry for drugs and medicines under Sl. No. 226 of Schedule I to Notification No. 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate) applies to goods falling under Chapter 30 or any other chapter. This specific entry prevails over the general chapter-based entries for inorganic and organic chemicals. Imports for testing or research do not alter an API's character as a drug. IGST is chargeable at 5%, unless the goods fall within the nil-rated entry for drugs or medicines listed in Annexure I.....