Sialkot Dry Port Trust

Press Release

March, 2026

The Sialkot Dry Port Trust handled the Export and Import cargo in March, 2026 as under

EXPORT

The Sialkot Dry Port Trust handled 998 Consignments weighing 6420 Tons worth 21607 rupees million in the Export sector. This cargo was transported from Dry Port to Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi

and Peshawar Airports, KPT & Port Qasim Sea Port.

The commodity wise distribution of the cargo is as under: -

DESCRIPTIONS	No. OF CONSIGNMENTS							WEIGHT IN TONS							VALUE IN MILLION RUPEES
	March 2026				%	Feb 2026	Mar 2025	March 2026				%	Feb 2026	Mar 2025	Mar 2026	%	Feb 2026	Mar 2025
	Air	Lcl	Fcl	Total				Air	Lcl	Fcl	Total
Surgical	72	176	38	286	28.7	243	350	47	345	313	705	11.0	677	782	3,826	17.7	3,246	3,936
Leather Goods	4	73	57	134	13.4	136	202	4	86	294	384	6.0	356	592	1,364	6.3	1,449	2,140
Sports Ball	4	17	41	62	6.2	51	75	1	13	238	252	3.9	180	257	851	3.9	659	916
Gloves	3	66	27	96	9.6	91	147	2	67	154	223	3.5	109	298	999	4.6	473	1,396
Marshal Arts	-	28	19	47	4.7	39	56	-	50	101	151	2.4	120	171	456	2.1	373	504
Electric Items	-	-	6	6	0.6	8	14	-	-	119	119	1.8	108	258	98	0.5	48	190
Sports	2	20	14	36	3.6	35	52	1	17	74	92	1.4	100	125	330	1.5	330	358
Nylon Goods	5	14	12	31	3.1	41	106	3	17	67	87	1.4	139	383	370	1.7	476	1,498
Cotton Goods	1	7	11	19	1.9	11	21	1	15	56	72	1.1	19	88	232	1.1	69	135
Cutlery	-	1	4	5	0.5	4	7	-	0	46	47	0.7	15	44	41	0.2	28	65
Knives	-	8	12	20	2.0	9	31	-	22	21	43	0.7	18	74	172	0.8	58	243
Food Stuff	-	-	1	1	0.1	-	4	-	-	25	25	0.4	0	49	8	0.0	-	38
Musical Items	-	2	2	4	0.4	8	5	-	2	4	6	0.1	15	7	38	0.2	59	40
Furniture	-	1	-	1	0.1	-	1	-	1	-	1	0.0	0	6	2	0.0	-	12
Machinery	-	-	-	0	0.0	-	1	-	-	-	0	0.0	0	0	-	0.0	-	3
Ceramic	-	-	-	0	0.0	-	1	-	-	-	0	0.0	0	18	-	0.0	-	6
Misl	15	70	165	250	25.1	278	279	17	67	4,130	4213	65.6	5638	3,165	12,818	59.3	15,468	9,292
Total	106	483	409	998	100	954	1,352	75	704	5,641	6,420	100	7,494	6,318	21,607	100	22,736	20,770
													Real Effect		21670
Comparison of March 2026 with :-							February 2026						March 2025
							Con		Weight		Value		Con		Weight		Value
							4.61%		-14.33%		-4.96%		-26.18%		1.61%		4.03%
															Real		4.33%
*SBP US Dollar ($) Rate								US Dollar($) rate Comparison of March 2026 with :-							February 2026		March 2025
March 2026	February 2026		March 2025
279.3789	279.6704		280.1931												-0.10%		-0.29%

Description Wise Detail:-

Sports Goods	All Cricket Items, All Hockey Items, All Rackets, Polo Sticks, Sports Cup, Base, Ball Item, Skating Goods.	Machinery	All Type of Machinery
Sports Ball	Foot Ball, Hand Ball, Volley Ball, Mini Ball, Rugby Ball, Shooting Ball, Racket Ball	Electric Appliances	Electric Fans and All other Electric Items
Gloves	Working Gloves, Punching Gloves, Finishing Gloves, Cotton Gloves, Rubber Gloves, Boxing Gloves, Goal Keeper Gloves	Martial Arts	Punching Ball, Medicine Ball, K/Uniform, All Type of Guard, Punching Bag
Leather Good	Leather Garments, Leather Belts and All Leather Goods.	Cutlery Goods	All Type of Cutlery Goods
Surgical	All Surgical Items	Ceramic	Ceramic Items, Sanitary Ware
Cotton goods	Cotton Goods, Ready Made Garments	Food Stuff	All Food Stuff
Nylon Goods	Nylon Goods, Ready Made Nylon Garments	Musical Items	All Musical Items
Knives	All Type of Knives, Swords	Badges	All Type of Badges
Furniture	All Wooden Furniture, Hospital Furniture	Misc	All Other Goods
Rice	Only Rice

The Terminal wise distribution of Export cargo for the Month of March, 2026 by Air/Sea to various stations is as under:-

Destination	No of Cons		Weight in Tons		Sialkot Dry Port Trust								Containers
					Bonded Transport
					Trucks 40' Box		Trucks 16' Box		Pick up		Flat Beds 40'		20'		40'
	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26
Lahore Air Port	14	3	22	7	0	0	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Islamabad Air Port	92	81	53	54	0	0	32	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karachi Air Port	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peshawar Air Port	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KPT/Port Qasim	892	870	6345	7432	46	50	0	0	0	0	280	334	225	283	131	114
Total	998	954	6420	7494	46	50	46	46	0	0	280	334	225	283	131	114
Mar-25	1352		6318		57		44		0		347		208		180
Comparison with previous month of same year	5%		-14%		-8%		0%		0%		-16%		-20%		15%
Comparison with same month of previous year	-26%		2%		-19%		5%		100%		-19%		8%		-27%

IMPORT

Import Cargo received by Sialkot during the Month of March, 2026:-

Import by Air (Lahore)

Sialkot			Gujranwala			Gujrat			Other Cities			Total
Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.
3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2

Import by Air (Islamabad):-

Sialkot			Gujranwala			Gujrat			Other Cities			Total
Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Import by Sea:-

Sialkot			Gujranwala			Gujrat			Other Cities			Total
Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.	Cons	Wt In Tons	Val Rs: In Mill.
46	570	632	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	570	632

Total Import by Sea & Air with Number of Containers:-

Total Sea			Total Air			Total Air + Sea			Containers
Cons	Weight In Tons	Value Rs: In Million	Cons	Weight In Tons	Value Rs: In Million	Cons	Weight In Tons	Value Rs: In Million	20 ‘	40,	45,
46	570	632	3	1	2	49	571	634	2	5	0
NLC Trucks			Other Bonded Carrier			Sialkot Dry Port Trust Bonded Carrier
0			13			20

The Terminal wise distribution of Import for the Month March, 2026 by Air/Sea to various stations is as under:-

Transporter Name	Box		F/B		Total Truck		Box (LCL)				F/B (FCL)				Total				Value Rs. In Mill.		20' Cont		40' Cont		45' Cont
							Mar-26		Feb-26		Mar-26		Feb-26		Mar-26		Feb-26
	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Con	Wt.	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26	Mar-26	Feb-26
BTC	8	7	5	18	13	25	24	43	25	23	5	60	16	294	29	103	41	317	94	300	2	5	4	13	0	0
PRIVATE	19	4	1	2	20	6	19	439	4	74	1	28	2	29	20	467	6	103	540	90	0	0	1	2	0	0
Total	27	11	6	20	33	31	43	482	29	97	6	88	18	323	49	570	47	420	634	390	2	5	5	15	0	0
Comparison Mar 26 With Feb 26	145%		-70%		6%		Con =	48%	Wt =	397%	Con =	-67%	Wt =	-73%	Con =	4%	Wt =	36%	63%		-60%		-67%		%

Import Released
Number of Consignments				Weight in Tons				Invoice Value (Rs: In Millions)				Revenue Received By Govt. (Rs: In Millions)
March		February		March		February		March		February		March		February
26	25	25	25	26	25	25	25	26	25	25	25	26	25	25	25
43	76	49	43	547	290	420	624	1444	807	988	1136	11	24	14	15

Kashaf ud duja Abdul Kaleem Khawaja

Finance Officer (Statistics) General Manager Operations