Sialkot Dry Port Trust

Press Release

March, 2025

The Sialkot Dry Port Trust handled the Export and Import cargo in March, 2025 as under

EXPORT

The Sialkot Dry Port Trust handled 1352 Consignments weighing 6318 Tons worth 20770 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 2025				%	Feb 2025	Mar 2024	March 2025				%	Feb 2025	Mar 2024	Mar 2025	%	Feb 2025	Mar 2024
	Air	Lcl	Fcl	Total				Air	Lcl	Fcl	Total
Surgical	94	214	42	350	25.9	286	325	57	415	310	782	12.4	744	666	3,936	18.9	3,776	3,444
Leather Goods	13	103	86	202	14.9	164	204	12	115	465	592	9.4	461	574	2,140	10.3	1,880	2,170
Nylon Goods	11	45	50	106	7.8	77	83	11	47	324	383	6.1	233	219	1,498	7.2	750	950
Gloves	5	107	35	147	10.9	95	104	5	115	178	298	4.7	222	240	1,396	6.7	1,237	1,022
Electric Items	-	-	14	14	1.0	7	11	-	-	258	258	4.1	117	248	190	0.9	94	182
Sports Ball	2	24	49	75	5.5	39	78	1	21	235	257	4.1	143	318	916	4.4	523	871
Marshal Arts	-	30	26	56	4.1	59	54	-	36	136	171	2.7	186	186	504	2.4	525	447
Sports	2	28	22	52	3.8	39	61	2	25	98	125	2.0	92	160	358	1.7	299	483
Cotton Goods	1	13	7	21	1.6	15	21	2	13	73	88	1.4	60	48	135	0.7	277	168
Knives	1	14	16	31	2.3	19	27	1	38	36	74	1.2	39	57	243	1.2	137	214
Food Stuff	-	1	3	4	0.3	-	-	-	5	44	49	0.8	0	-	38	0.2	-	-
Cutlery	-	2	5	7	0.5	6	5	-	3	41	44	0.7	42	35	65	0.3	42	30
Ceramic	-	-	1	1	0.1	-	3	-	-	18	18	0.3	0	25	6	0.0	-	60
Musical Items	-	2	3	5	0.4	6	6	-	1	6	7	0.1	7	5	40	0.2	28	32
Furniture	-	1	-	1	0.1	-	1	-	6	-	6	0.1	0	8	12	0.1	-	12
Machinery	-	1	-	1	0.1	-	1	-	0	-	0	0.0	0	0	3	0.0	-	1
Rice	-	-	-	0	0.0	1	1	-	-	-	0	0.0	18	17	-	0.0	6.08	6
Misl	19	101	159	279	20.6	280	305	16	120	3,029	3165	50.1	4520	4,438	9,292	44.7	13,430	11,775
Total	148	686	518	1,352	100	1,093	1,290	106	959	5,253	6,318	100	6,884	7,244	20,770	100	23,004	21,867
													Real Effect		20668
Comparison of March 2025 with :-							February 2025						March 2024
							Con		Weight		Value		Con		Weight		Value
							23.70%		-8.22%		-9.71%		4.81%		-12.79%		-5.02%
															Real		-5.48%
*SBP US Dollar ($) Rate								US Dollar($) rate Comparison of March 2025 with :-							February 2025		March 2024
March 2025	February 2025		March 2024
280.0836	279.3043		278.705												0.28%		0.49%

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, 2025 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-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25
Lahore Air Port	13	31	18	18	0	0	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Islamabad Air Port	124	67	78	50	0	0	36	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karachi Air Port	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peshawar Air Port	11	18	10	16	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KPT/Port Qasim	1204	977	6212	6800	57	45	0	0	0	0	347	295	208	203	180	119
Total	1352	1093	6318	6884	57	45	44	39	0	0	347	295	208	203	180	119
Feb-24	1060		5569		47		37		0		278		196		134
Comparison with previous month of same year	24%		-8%		27%		13%		0%		18%		2%		51%
Comparison with same month of previous year	28%		13%		21%		19%		100%		25%		6%		34%

IMPORT

Import Cargo received by Sialkot during the Month of March, 2025:-

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.
22	18	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	18	47

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.
53	272	279	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53	272	279

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,
53	272	279	22	18	47	75	290	326	15	2	0
NLC Trucks			Other Bonded Carrier			Sialkot Dry Port Trust Bonded Carrier
0			4			24

The Terminal wise distribution of Import for the Month March, 2025 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
							Jan-25		Dec-24		Jan-25		Dec-24		Jan-25		Dec-24
	Mar-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Mar-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25	Mar-25	Feb-25
BTC	15	7	9	14	24	21	57	92	40	73	14	155	14	219	71	247	54	292	307	353	12	7	1	7	0	0
PRIVATE	0	0	4	12	4	12	0	0	3	140	4	43	8	192	4	43	11	332	19	79	3	1	1	12	0	0
Total	15	7	13	26	28	33	57	92	43	213	18	198	22	411	75	290	65	624	326	432	15	8	2	19	0	0
Comparison Mar 25 With Feb 25	114%		-50%		-15%		Con =	33%	Wt =	-57%	Con =	-18%	Wt =	-52%	Con =	15%	Wt =	-54%	-25%		88%		-89%		%

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
25	24	25	24	25	24	25	24	25	24	25	24	25	24	25	24
76	105	43	131	290	734	624	808	807	1073	1136	596	24	77	15	64

Kashaf ud duja Adbul Kaleem Khawaja

Finance Officer (Statistics) Acting General Manager