Indian express industry.

Transshipment cargo which constitutes about 60-

70% of total volumes handled by some of the leading global airports is
quite low in India.

India Air Cargo Growth (in million metric tonnes)

3.4
3.0
2.7
2.5
2.4 2.3 2.3
2.2
2.0 2.1
1.7 1.7 1.9
1.6 1.7
1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5
1.3 1.4
1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2
1.0 1.0 1.1
0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8
0.7
0.5 0.6 0.6

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
Domes c Interna onal Total (Domes c + Interna onal)

1.4. The Government has taken several initiatives to cope with the burgeoning
traffic of cargo and to bring the country's logistics on a par with global
standards. The Ministry of Civil Aviation undertook a Dwell-Time study,
conducted at six major airports in to identify the reasons for higher dwell
time in Indian Airports and corrective action required, and acting upon its
recommendations it has progressively worked to reduce import air cargo
dwell time from 72 hours to about 52 hours by December 2017. Estimates
by IATA for the 11 major airports on the average time taken for delivery of
cargo and documents from the arrival of the airline to the customer
suggests that by December 2018, the dwell time had further reduced to
about 39 hours for imports as below:
5,000
4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
Minutes

2,500 2016
2,000 2017
1,500 2018
1,000
500
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2
National Air Cargo Policy Outline
2019