CSMIA records 44 per cent year-over-year growth in overall agricultural products cargo facility.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) registered an 87 per cent year-on-year growth of e-commerce shipments during the festive season of 2023. CSMIA currently connects 600 international and 65 domestic cargo destinations, according to an official release. CSMIA saw a 12 per cent year-on-year increase in the total number of Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) for air cargo operations in the year 2023.Pharmaceuticals, engineering goods, automobiles, e-commerce, and perishables comprise the major types of goods handled by CSMIA’s cargo facility.
The demand for perishable items, including 4,700 tonnes of exported mangoes, witnessed a year-over-year increase of 318 per cent. Overall agricultural products experienced a 44 percent year-over-year growth. CSMIA successfully handled its inaugural consignment of frozen ready-to-serve food products like idli and vada using specialised va-Q-tec containers bound for Amsterdam.
Internationally, the primary products transported include automobiles, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural cargo. Domestically, the top categories are consolidated cargo (consol cargo), pharmaceuticals, e-commerce, and post office mail.
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