India: coastal cargo volume handled by major port 2021

In fiscal year 2021, the volume of coastal cargo handled at the Paradip port, in the Indian state of Odisha, was over 50 million metric tons. The total coastal cargo was close to 150 million metric tons. About 70 percent of trade by value and 95 percent by volume across the south Asian country was done through maritime transport.

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

Characteristic	Volume in million metric tons
Paradip	30.63
Mumbai	23.74
Visakhapatnam	16.86
Deendayal	15.15
Kamarajar	11.19
Cochin	11.1
New Mangalore	10.67
Chidambaranar	10.65
Chennai	5.59
Haldia Dock Complex	5.07
J L Nehru	4.71
Mormugao	1.41
Kolkata Dock System	0.58

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May 2022

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India

Survey time period

FY 2021

Supplementary notes

India's financial year begins in April and ends in March. For example, FY 2019 started in April 2018 and ended in March 2019.

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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