🇧🇹 Country Profile

Bhutan

Fast-growing pharmaceutical trade with Bhutan

🇧🇹 $9.0M
All data from DGCIS India export records (fiscal year, April–March).
$9.0M
Scale
India supplies $9.0M in pharmaceutical products to Bhutan — affordable medicine reaching Asia-Pacific.
55%
Medicine
Primarily medicines (55%), supplemented by surgical & hospital supplies and medicine ingredients.
3.4×
Trajectory
One of the faster-growing relationships — India's pharmaceutical supply to Bhutan has expanded 3.4× over the decade.
Context
Part of India's pharmaceutical supply network across Asia-Pacific.
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Impact
Rapidly expanding access to affordable medicine — Indian pharmaceutical products reaching more of Bhutan's patients each year.
Export Trend DGCIS FY
Pharmaceutical Composition Trend DGCIS CY 2014–2025

All pharma categories from DGCIS (487-code basket)

Category Mix — FY 2025–26 DGCIS
Medicines $5.0M (55.2%) Surgical & Hospital Supplies $2.3M (25.9%) Medicine Ingredients $0.94M (10.5%) Traditional & Herbal $0.38M (4.2%) Vaccines $0.37M (4.1%)
Top Products — FY 2025–26 DGCIS