India: overseas cargo volume handled by major port 2021

At the end of the fiscal year 2021, Deendayal port or formerly known as Kandle port in Gujarat, India, handled overseas cargo traffic of over 102 million metric tons. About 70 percent of trade by value and more than 95 percent by volume across the south Asian country was done through maritime transport.

Volume of overseas cargo handled in India in financial year 2021, by major port (in million metric tons)

Characteristic	Volume in million metric tons
Deendayal	102.41
Paradip	83.92
J L Nehru	60.1
Visakhapatnam	52.99
Haldia Dock Complex	40.4
Chennai	37.96
Mumbai	29.58
New Mangalore	25.83
Chidambaranar	21.14
Mormugao	20.58
Cochin	20.4
Kolkata Dock System	15.32
Kamarajar	14.7

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Release date

May 2022

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Region

India

Survey time period

FY 2021

Supplementary notes

India's financial year begins in April and ends in March. For example, FY 2016 started in April 2015 and ended in March 2016.

Major ports are under the union list while the non-major ports are under the concurrent list of the constitution of India. Therefore, major ports are under the administrative control of government of India while the non-major ports are governed by the respective maritime state governments.

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