Sialkot Dry Port Trust

Press Release

March, 2024

The Sialkot Dry Port Trust handled the Export and Import cargo in March, 2024 as under

EXPORT

The Sialkot Dry Port Trust handled 1290 Consignments weighing 7244 Tons worth 21867 rupees million in the Export sector. This cargo was transported from Dry Port to Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi

and Peshawar Airports, KPT & Port Qasim Sea Port.

The commodity wise distribution of the cargo is as under: -

DESCRIPTIONS	No. OF CONSIGNMENTS							WEIGHT IN TONS							VALUE IN MILLION RUPEES
	March 2024				%	Feb 2024	Mar 2023	March 2024				%	Feb 2024	Mar 2023	March 2024	%	Feb 2024	Mar 2023
	Air	Lcl	Fcl	Total				Air	Lcl	Fcl	Total
Surgical	73	222	30	325	25.2	279	351	46.223	396	224	666	9.2	543	738	3,444	15.7	2,908.997	3,671.517
Leather Goods	9	125	70	204	15.8	159	267	12.650	166	395	574	7.9	432	658	2,170	9.9	1,822.602	2,830.132
Sports Ball	5	23	50	78	6.0	70	84	7.872	21	289	318	4.4	215	274	871	4.0	696.796	760.180
Electric Items	-	-	11	11	0.9	10	18	-	-	248	248	3.4	178	310	182	0.8	143.970	217.707
Gloves	5	74	25	104	8.1	85	113	2.724	87	149	240	3.3	166	260	1,022	4.7	746.016	927.290
Nylon Goods	13	37	33	83	6.4	55	110	16.143	32	171	219	3.0	190	310	950	4.3	830.607	1,082.473
Marshal Arts	-	33	21	54	4.2	42	53	-	41	145	186	2.6	126	150	447	2.0	402.332	529.884
Sports	2	34	25	61	4.7	55	70	2.040	40	119	160	2.2	96	189	483	2.2	388.057	558.865
Knives	-	14	13	27	2.1	21	31	-	24	33	57	0.8	35	47	214	1.0	124.043	167.386
Cotton Goods	1	13	7	21	1.6	17	30	2.962	16	29	48	0.7	76	94	168	0.8	187.169	389.887
Cutlery	-	-	5	5	0.4	5	6	-	-	35	35	0.5	57	44	30	0.1	48.312	38.052
Ceramic	-	-	3	3	0.2	-	4	-	-	25	25	0.4	0	35	60	0.3	-	95.414
Rice	-	-	1	1	0.1	1	1	-	-	17	17	0.2	18	17	6	0.0	5.818	4.741
Furniture	-	1	-	1	0.1	1	1	-	8	-	8	0.1	2	0	12	0.1	2.499	0.336
Musical Items	-	5	1	6	0.5	5	9	-	4	1	5	0.1	15	9	32	0.1	65.714	39.948
Machinery	-	1	-	1	0.1	2	2	-	0	-	0	0.0	1	2	1	0.0	4.762	4.911
Food Stuff	-	-	-	0	0.0	1	2	-	-	-	0	0.0	7	42	-	0.0	5.831	12.056
Misl	17	100	188	305	23.6	252	359	18.897	126	4,293	4438	61.3	3412	3,867	11,775	53.8	8,792.356	9,642.543
Total	125	682	483	1,290	100	1,060	1,511	110	962	6,173	7,244	100	5,569	7,048	21,867	100	17,176	20,973
													Real Effect		21984
Comparison of March 2024 with :-							February 2024						March 2023
							Con		Weight		Value		Con		Weight		Value
							21.70%		30.08%		27.31%		-14.63%		2.79%		4.26%
															Real		4.82%
*SBP US Dollar ($) Rate								US Dollar($) rate Comparison of March 2024 with :-							February 2024		March 2023
March 2024	February 2024		March 2023
278.705	279.1817		280.2025												-0.17%		-0.53%

Description Wise Detail:-

Sports Goods	All Cricket Items, All Hockey Items, All Rackets, Polo Sticks, Sports Cup, Base, Ball Item, Skating Goods.	Machinery	All Type of Machinery
Sports Ball	Foot Ball, Hand Ball, Volley Ball, Mini Ball, Rugby Ball, Shooting Ball, Racket Ball	Electric Appliances	Electric Fans and All other Electric Items
Gloves	Working Gloves, Punching Gloves, Finishing Gloves, Cotton Gloves, Rubber Gloves, Boxing Gloves, Goal Keeper Gloves	Martial Arts	Punching Ball, Medicine Ball, K/Uniform, All Type of Guard, Punching Bag
Leather Good	Leather Garments, Leather Belts and All Leather Goods.	Cutlery Goods	All Type of Cutlery Goods
Surgical	All Surgical Items	Ceramic	Ceramic Items, Sanitary Ware
Cotton goods	Cotton Goods, Ready Made Garments	Food Stuff	All Food Stuff
Nylon Goods	Nylon Goods, Ready Made Nylon Garments	Musical Items	All Musical Items
Knives	All Type of Knives, Swords	Badges	All Type of Badges
Furniture	All Wooden Furniture, Hospital Furniture	Misc	All Other Goods
Rice	Only Rice

The Terminal wise distribution of Export cargo for the Month of March, 2024 by Air/Sea to various stations is as under:-

Destination	No of Cons		Weight in Tons		Sialkot Dry Port Trust								Containers
					Bonded Transport
					Trucks 40' Box		Trucks 16' Box		Pick up		Flat Beds 40'		20'		40'
	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24
Lahore Air Port	23	4	16	19	0	0	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Islamabad Air Port	97	104	88	86	0	0	35	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karachi Air Port	5	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peshawar Air Port	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KPT/Port Qasim	1165	952	7135	5465	58	47	0	0	0	0	395	278	251	196	181	134
Total	1290	1060	7244	5569	58	47	49	37	0	0	395	278	251	196	181	134
Mar-23	1511		7048		74		49		0		365		240		237
Comparison with previous month of same year	22%		30%		23%		32%		0%		42%		28%		35%
Comparison with same month of previous year	-15%		3%		-22%		0%		100%		8%		5%		-24%

IMPORT

Import Cargo received by Sialkot during the Month of March, 2024:-

Import by Air (Lahore)

Sialkot			Gujranwala			Gujrat			Other Cities			Total
Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Import by Air (Islamabad):-

Sialkot			Gujranwala			Gujrat			Other Cities			Total
Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Import by Sea:-

Sialkot			Gujranwala			Gujrat			Other Cities			Total
Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.
116	734	784	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	116	734	784

Total Import by Sea & Air with Number of Containers:-

Total Sea			Total Air			Total Air + Sea			Containers
Cons	Weight In Tons	Value Rs: In Million	Cons	Weight In Tons	Value Rs: In Million	Cons	Weight In Tons	Value Rs: In Million	20 ‘	40,	45,
116	734	784	0	0	0	116	734	784	22	25	0
NLC Trucks			Other Bonded Carrier			Sialkot Dry Port Trust Bonded Carrier
0			23			28

The Terminal wise distribution of Import for the Month March, 2024 by Air/Sea to various stations is as under:-

Transporter Name	Box		F/B		Total Truck		Box (LCL)				F/B (FCL)				Total				Value Rs. In Mill.		20' Cont		40' Cont		45' Cont
							Mar-24		Feb-24		Mar-24		Feb-24		Mar-24		Feb-24
	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24	Mar-24	Feb-24
BTC	6	11	22	28	28	39	49	65	59	106	28	362	32	433	77	427	91	539	487	648	11	14	14	19	0	0
PRIVATE	2	0	21	21	23	21	8	8	0	0	31	299	30	260	39	307	30	260	297	192	11	10	11	12	0	0
Total	8	11	43	49	51	60	57	73	59	106	59	661	62	693	116	734	121	799	784	840	22	24	25	31	0	0
Comparison Mar 24 With Feb 24	-27%		-12%		-15%		Con =	-3%	Wt =	-31%	Con =	-5%	Wt =	-5%	Con =	-4%	Wt =	-8%	-7%		-8%		-19%		%

Import Released
Number of Consignments				Weight in Tons				Invoice Value (Rs: In Millions)				Revenue Received By Govt. (Rs: In Millions)
March		February		March		February		March		February		March		February
24	23	24	23	24	23	24	23	24	23	24	23	24	23	24	23
105	116	131	160	734	863	808	1235	1073	952	596	867	77	91	64	90

Kashaf ud duja Adbul Kaleem Khawaja

Finance Officer (Statistics) Acting General Manager