With a view to attract the exporters and importers from Guntur, particularly those who are engaged in chilli, textile, cotton, tobacco and other agricultural commodities, the Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) urged the traders to use the facilities in Visakhapatnam. The officials revealed that not even five per cent of the cargo from Guntur district is loaded or exported from the VPA and entire goods are being exported through Chennai Port.
Realising this gap, the Visakhapatnam Port Authority, in association with the AP Chamber of Commerce, organised a trade meet at Guntur on Friday.
On this occasion Durgesh Kumar Dubey, Deputy Chairperson, VPA urged the prominent importers and exporters to make use of the opportunity available and expressed his concern and informed them to trade their business through the Port of Visakhapatnam. It would help in the overall development of export and import business of Andhra Pradesh at large and cargo improvement of Visakhapatnam Port in general, he observed.
