To
All the Members of Council,

Dear Member,

Sub:   Business Delegation to Brazil, Venezuela, Peru and Uruguay during ­­­28th March – 12th April 2010.

We have pleasure in informing you that PHARMEXCIL proposes to mount a Business Delegation to Brazil, Venezuela, Peru and Uruguay (subject to confirmation from our Missions) in these countries. The delegation is proposed to these countries as an approved activity under the MDA activity of the Council.

The export figures of these 4(four) countries from India for the last three years are given below for your kind information and to assess the export potential in these countries.

Rs. In lakhs

Importing Country	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Brazil	74529	75261.51	101888.73
Venezuela	9341.12	15064.65	19195.66
Peru	11254.62	7598.23	10583.80
Uruguay	4330.98	3288.70	3653.05

Source: DGCIS

In view of the above, we invite applications from our members to participate in this delegation.  

The BSMs/Delegation visits will be organized at select locations in Brazil, Venezuela, Peru and Uruguay.  

Following are the points, which may please be noted:  

· Cost towards Airfare would be around Rs. 1,60,000/- subject to the class of seat available in economy class at the time of booking of tickets and hotel charges would be around USD 100 to USD 150per day per person on twin sharing basis.

· Members whose export turnover during previous year is less than Rs.15.00 crores are eligible for MDA subject to the other guidelines of MDA scheme.  In this case, 100% economy class excursion airfare will be reimbursed, subject to a maximum of Rs.1 lakh per member.

· Interested members may send their Company Profile along with the name of the delegates & other details as per Application form enclosed.

· Other details like venue etc will be communicated to interested members in due course.  

· Members participating in this delegation may kindly note the following important information:  

Ø  BSMs will be held at Sao Paulo, Montevideo, Lima and Caracas as per the advice of our Embassies in each of these countries.

Ø  Accommodation will be arranged by the Council on the basis of recommendation of our Missions abroad (Hotel tariffs will be informed shortly).

The tentative programme & itinerary for the delegation would be as per the following schedule (subject to confirmation from our Missions abroad):

We now request the members to confirm their interest to participate in the event by sending the above requested information along with a non-refundable commitment/delegation fees of Rs. 35,000=00 (Rupees Thirty Five Thousand only). This amount is refundable only if the event is cancelled due to unavoidable circumstances at the instance of our Missions/Council.  

Kindly ensure to send your duly filled registration form along with the requisite fee on or before 18th February 2010 (exteded to 24th February 2010)either at Mumbai/Delhi office. For any further clarification you may like to contactat This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   

Thanking you

Yours faithfully

Dr P V Appaji
Executive Director 

Note: We request our members who have offices/agents in the subject countries to inform us, so that their services can be availed for contacting the Associations/local government agencies etc., to make the delegation successful.  They can also participate in the BSM arranged by Pharmexcil.

Attachments:
· DELEGATION FORM

· MDA application form – Annexure-V