Gujarat takes the top two honours. Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu also contribute two ports each to the list. India has 12 ‘major’ and more than 200 ‘non-major’ ports. In this piece, we rank the 10 busiest ports in India based on cargo traffic handled by each in 2020-21.
Engineering goods remain India’s most exported commodity in 2021 so far while pharma exports have posted a strong showing in the face of the Covid-19 crisis.