The document pack is where a pharmaceutical shipment either clears smoothly in one day or stalls in customs for three weeks. It is also the part most exporters treat as an afterthought. We do not, because a buyer in Rotterdam or Newark should be able to file the same pack their own broker asks for — without a phone call back to Mumbai.
What ships with every consignment
| Document | What it proves | Issued by |
|---|---|---|
| Batch Certificate of Analysis | Identity, purity, peptide content, counter-ion, water content for that specific lot | Manufacturer's QC, countersigned by our trade desk |
| HPLC chromatogram | The raw data behind the purity figure, with retention time and area-% | Testing laboratory |
| Mass spectrometry report | Molecular identity confirmation | Testing laboratory |
| MSDS | Handling, storage and transport safety data for the specific SKU | SPK Pharma India |
| Certificate of Origin | Country of origin for preferential duty and destination customs | Pharmexcil or the relevant authority |
| Commercial invoice | Declared value, description with CAS and IUPAC name, incoterm | SPK Pharma India |
| Packing list | Carton count, vial counts per SKU, gross and net weight | SPK Pharma India |
| Airway bill / bill of lading | Transport document and routing | Freight forwarder |
| Shipment and temperature record | Dispatch time, condition at handover, cold-chain record where specified | SPK Pharma India / forwarder |
| Declaration of conformity | Conformance to your written specification | SPK Pharma India |
Compliance with the customs declaration rules
Every commercial invoice we issue carries the CAS number and the IUPAC name for the SKU, as required by CBIC Circulars 15/2023 and 23/2023. This is not a formality: it is what allows the consignment to be processed without a query from the customs officer, and it is what allows your broker to file a Bill of Entry without going back to the supplier. Invoices missing the CAS and IUPAC name routinely attract holds.
DMF-compatible documentation
For institutional and pharmaceutical buyers, the question is whether the batch records, analytical methods and specifications are documented well enough to support a reference to a Drug Master File. We maintain our manufacturing and QC documentation to that standard, and our COAs are generated from the same controlled document set. If your regulatory team needs a specific format, a specific analyte list or a specific specification template, tell us at RFQ stage — not at consignment stage.
Certificate of Origin, and the part everyone gets wrong
We issue a Certificate of Origin through Pharmexcil for pharmaceutical goods, or through the relevant authority for the destination. Where a preferential rate is claimed under a trade agreement, we will also supply the supporting origin evidence for the actual synthesis site.
The rule of origin is the gate, not the certificate. A peptide manufactured in one country and shipped from another does not qualify for the preferential rate, and any supplier offering to "arrange" a certificate for material they did not manufacture is telling you the document will not survive scrutiny. We will always state the country in which the material was synthesised.
Documents for specific destinations
Some destinations require additional paperwork that others do not. Our country guides set out what each market expects: the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the UAE, Australia, Japan and Singapore.
If you need something that is not on this list — a Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product, a free-sale certificate, a GMP statement for a specific regulator, or a notarised document — raise it at RFQ stage and we will confirm whether it can be issued from India and what it takes.
How to request it
Send us the destination, the SKU, the quantity and the incoterm you want, and we will send a draft document pack for your broker to review before we dispatch. That pre-clearance step is the difference between a shipment that clears on day one and one that sits. It costs nothing and it takes a day.
B2B trade only — request a quote
All peptides are research-grade, for in-vitro use only, and supplied against a valid drug licence. Tell us your sequence, quantity and destination and the trade desk will respond within one business day.