23.13 million tonne of cargo handled in the current financial year

Paradip Port Trust has handled 6.13 million tonne of cargo during July 2013 as compared to 4.45 million tonne handled during July 2012 reporting 37.66 per cent growth y-o-y basis. During July, 2.15 million tonne cargo was exported and 3.98 million tonne cargo was imported through the Port. So far in the current financial year, the port has handled 23.13 million tonne of cargo as compared to 16.19 million tonne of cargo handled during the corresponding period of the previous year. This is an increase of 42.83 per cent and 8.64 per cent over the target fixed for the period.