Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Monday, Jan 28, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Monday, Jan 28, 2002 |
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Industry & Economy
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Imports & Exports `Implement key decisions in time to help exports' Ambar Singh Roy
KOLKATA, Jan. 27 ALL decisions that are taken with a view to facilitating exports from India must be implemented within a specified time frame, according to the Standing Committee on Promotion of Exports by Air (SCOPE-Air). At the 40th session of SCOPE-Air held here on Saturday, its Chairman, Mr Atul Sinha, said growth in exports could not be achieved unless decisions taken in this regard were implemented in a time-bound manner. "Matters concerning exports must be accorded top priority. We must acknowledge that in exports, time is the essence," he told the session, which was attended by representatives of various export promotion agencies and allied services providers, export promotion zones, airlines and airport infrastructure services providers and the express parcel industry, among others. Several issues hindering Indian exports were discussed at the SCOPE-Air session. These include poor infrastructure and high handling costs at Kozhikode airport and imposition of security surcharge by airlines for perishable exports from Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode and Kochi airports. Problems faced by floriculture units due to improper handling of perishable cargo by airlines, delay in the installation of walk-in type cold storage at Lucknow airport and under-utilisation of perishable centres at airports in New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram were also discussed. In fact, the total export of perishables by air is stated to be between 70,000 tonnes and 75,000 tonnes per annum. It is estimated that barely 20,000 tonnes of perishable exports by air use the cold storage facilities at various airports. Hence, the average utilisation of these facilities has been around 20 per cent. The Agricultural & Food Products Export Development Authority has already initiated discussions with airlines, exporters and other agencies with a view to ensuring that cold storage facilities at airports are utilised to the maximum extent. Other issues that were discussed include handling facilities at Mumbai airport, dwell time at Sahar Air Complex, delay in transhipment of cargo from Mumbai airport and pre-clearance of imported goods.
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