Selling medication inside India is one license. Sending it across borders is another. The second one is where most online pharmacies cut corners — they ship without the right paperwork and rely on customs not catching them. We don’t work that way.
Pharmabridge International ships internationally under Import-Export Code (IEC) GADPM5967H, issued by India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce.
What An IEC Code Actually Is
The IEC is a 10-character code that the Indian government assigns to any business that legally engages in international trade. Without one, you cannot file customs paperwork, you cannot get foreign currency receipts processed through the banking system, and you cannot legally export goods out of India.
Most overseas-shipping “pharmacies” you see online don’t have IECs. They ship in personal-effects parcels, use proxy senders, or route through shipping consolidators who get caught regularly. When customs flags a package, those operations have no way to defend themselves — there’s no paperwork chain.
We’re registered. Our packages ship with proper export documentation. If customs flags one, we have a defensible record on file with the Indian government.
What The IEC Enables
With our IEC on file at DGFT, we can:
- File legitimate shipping bills with Indian customs for each international order
- Receive payment from international buyers through proper banking channels (no third-party processors masking the transaction)
- Declare our shipments under the correct Harmonized System (HS) codes for pharmaceutical products
- Maintain export records that match what shows up on your end when the package arrives
How This Affects Your Order
You probably won’t think about export paperwork while placing an order. But it matters. Here’s why:
- Your package has real declarations. It’s labeled as what it is, sent by a real exporter, going to a real address. Customs in your country processes it normally instead of holding it for clarification.
- The payment chain works. When your card processes, the transaction flows through banking infrastructure that’s expecting a registered Indian exporter on the other end. No anomaly. No reversal flags.
- If it gets lost, we can track it. International shipments with proper export numbers can be traced through both Indian and destination postal/customs systems. Shipments without paperwork basically disappear if anything goes wrong.
How To Verify The IEC
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade runs a public IEC verification tool. Plug GADPM5967H into dgft.gov.in and it’ll come back showing the registered exporter against that code — that’s us.
Why We Bother
Holding an IEC means paying for it, maintaining bank records that match it, filing for renewals, and submitting to export audits. It’s overhead. Most online pharmacies skip it because they can.
We keep it because it’s the only way to ship medication internationally without playing games with customs paperwork — and because it’s what lets a customer in the US, UK, or Australia actually trust that the package coming their way isn’t going to vanish in transit or get flagged at clearance.
The Certificate
The IEC certificate is available for download:
