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Monthly cargo traffic handled at Major ports during and upto october, 2019 - Question and Answer Dataset

Name: Monthly cargo traffic handled at Major ports during and upto october, 2019 - Question and Answer Dataset
Creator: shipmin.gov.in
Keywords: Economy, question-answering, extractive-qa, cargo-traffic, major-ports, overseas-cargo, coastal-cargo, deendayal-port, paradip-port, vishakhapatnam-port, kolkata-dock-system, fertilizer

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35 extractive question-and-answer pairs built from Monthly cargo traffic handled at Major ports during and upto october, 2019, published by shipmin.gov.in. The source is a 5-page publication. Source-evidenced topics include cargo traffic, major ports, overseas cargo, coastal cargo, deendayal port, paradip port, vishakhapatnam port, kolkata dock system. Every answer is a verbatim span of text the source prints, and each row carries the passage it sits in, its offset in that passage, the source quote, the page and the location in the document, so any row can be checked against the original. Question types in the export: 31 factual, 2 comparison, 1 list, 1 relationship. 4 of the 35 pairs (11.4%) ask explanatory questions; the remaining 31 are factual or table-based questions. 94.29% of rows pass the corpus quality gate.

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Cargo traffic at India's major ports during April-October 2019-20

This dataset provides insights into cargo traffic handled at India's major ports during April-October 2019-20, based on a government publication. It includes data on total cargo volumes, growth rates, and port-specific shares of overseas and coastal cargo. The dataset also highlights changes in traffic compared to the previous year and identifies commodities with the highest and lowest shares of cargo traffic. The data is presented in a question-and-answer format, with each answer directly sourced from the publication.

Total cargo traffic: 405.16 million tonnes handled during April-October 2019-20.

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Sample rows from Monthly cargo traffic handled at Major ports during and upto october, 2019 - Question and Answer Dataset
question	answer	context	answer_start	question_type	knowledge_quality_score	source_document	source_quote	source_page	source_location	confidence	validation_status
What factors influence the volume of seaborne cargo traffic handled by ports?	levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity	Total Cargo traffic at lndia's Maior Ports Maritime transport activity is driven by developments in world economy, viz, growth in world output and trade. volume of seabome cargo traffic handled by ports is mainly shaped by the levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity. Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19. The overseas cargo handled at Major Ports increased by 1.4Yo from 304.91 million tonnes during April-October, 2018-19 to 309. Million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019- 20. However. the Coastal Cargo handled at Major port decreased by 2.4"h from 98.32 million tonnes during April-October. 201 8-19 to 96.01 million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019-20.	227	relationship	0.970	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	volume of seabome cargo traffic handled by ports is mainly shaped by the levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity.	1	page=1,block=0	0.700	valid
Which port had the lowest positive growth in traffic during April-October 2019-20?	Kolkata Dock system (1.5%)	Carso traffic hand led durins Anril-October. 21119-20 During April-october. 2019-20. vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%). Major ports that recorded negative growth in traffic during April-october, 2019'20 were: Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo) over April-october, 20l g- l9 (Table A).	294	comparison	0.840	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%).	2	page=2,block=0	0.700	valid
Which port had the second highest growth in traffic during April-October 2019-20?	v.o.c port (6.5%)	Carso traffic hand led durins Anril-October. 21119-20 During April-october. 2019-20. vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%). Major ports that recorded negative growth in traffic during April-october, 2019'20 were: Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo) over April-october, 20l g- l9 (Table A).	168	comparison	0.840	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%).	2	page=2,block=0	0.700	valid
Which ports saw a decline in traffic during April-October 2019-20?	Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo)	Carso traffic hand led durins Anril-October. 21119-20 During April-october. 2019-20. vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%). Major ports that recorded negative growth in traffic during April-october, 2019'20 were: Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo) over April-october, 20l g- l9 (Table A).	411	list	0.820	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	Major ports that recorded negative growth in traffic during April-october, 2019'20 were: Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo) over April-october, 20l g- l9 (Table A).	2	page=2,block=0
Which commodity accounted for the largest volume of cargo during April-October 2018-19?	pol-crude handred the maximum cargo of g7.9 milrion tonnes with a share of 2r.7vn	a a At a broad commodity level, Sugar recorded the highest growth in traffic at 6l.7yo followed by Iron ore (27.2o/o), Fe(ilizer (22.1%), LPG/LNG (21.0%), Food Grain excluding pulses (20.6%), Projecr Cargo (15.5%), Coking Coal (9.g%), pOl-product (6.0%), other coal (5.3%), FRM-Liquid (4.4%o), Container (3.5%), edible Oil (2.8%), other ore (0.8%) and Iron & Steel (0.4%). pulses recorded the highest negative growth o165.6% followed bv Thermal coal (19.1%), FRM-Dry (3.6%), orher commodities (3.6%\, poL- Crude (3.4%) and Cement (2.3%) over April-October, 2018-19 (Table B). Amongst all the commodities, pol-crude handred the maximum cargo of g7.9 milrion tonnes with a share of 2r.7vn followed by container (21.4%), Thermal coal ( l r.4%). pol Products (9.7%), Others commodities (9.1%), Iron ore (7.2o/o), Coking coal (6.0%), Other coal (3.5%), Edible oil (1.8%).	605	factual	0.570	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	Amongst all the commodities, pol-crude handred the maximum cargo of g7.9 milrion tonnes with a share of 2r.7vn followed by container (21.4%), Thermal coal ( l r.4%).
Which port experienced the highest growth in traffic during April-October 2019-20?	vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1%	Carso traffic hand led durins Anril-October. 21119-20 During April-october. 2019-20. vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%). Major ports that recorded negative growth in traffic during April-october, 2019'20 were: Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo) over April-october, 20l g- l9 (Table A).	85	factual	0.570	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	2019-20. vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%).	2	page=2,block=0	0.700
How much cargo was handled at India's major ports during April-October, 2018-19?	403.23 million tonnes	Total Cargo traffic at lndia's Maior Ports Maritime transport activity is driven by developments in world economy, viz, growth in world output and trade. volume of seabome cargo traffic handled by ports is mainly shaped by the levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity. Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19. The overseas cargo handled at Major Ports increased by 1.4Yo from 304.91 million tonnes during April-October, 2018-19 to 309. Million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019- 20. However. the Coastal Cargo handled at Major port decreased by 2.4"h from 98.32 million tonnes during April-October. 201 8-19 to 96.01 million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019-20.	407	factual	0.490	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19.
What was the total cargo traffic at India's 12 major ports during April-October 2019-20?	405.16 million tonnes	Total Cargo traffic at lndia's Maior Ports Maritime transport activity is driven by developments in world economy, viz, growth in world output and trade. volume of seabome cargo traffic handled by ports is mainly shaped by the levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity. Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19. The overseas cargo handled at Major Ports increased by 1.4Yo from 304.91 million tonnes during April-October, 2018-19 to 309. Million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019- 20. However. the Coastal Cargo handled at Major port decreased by 2.4"h from 98.32 million tonnes during April-October. 201 8-19 to 96.01 million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019-20.	380	factual	0.490	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19.
What was the volume of coastal cargo handled at major ports during April-October 2019-20?	96.01 million tonnes	Total Cargo traffic at lndia's Maior Ports Maritime transport activity is driven by developments in world economy, viz, growth in world output and trade. volume of seabome cargo traffic handled by ports is mainly shaped by the levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity. Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19. The overseas cargo handled at Major Ports increased by 1.4Yo from 304.91 million tonnes during April-October, 2018-19 to 309. Million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019- 20. However. the Coastal Cargo handled at Major port decreased by 2.4"h from 98.32 million tonnes during April-October. 201 8-19 to 96.01 million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019-20.	782	factual	0.490	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	201 8-19 to 96.01 million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019-20.	1	page=1,block=0
Which commodity saw the greatest decrease in growth during October 2019?	Pulses	(16.3%), Iron & Steel (15.3%), Cement (15.2o/o), Others commodities (6.2%) and pOL- Proucts (4.7%). Pulses recorded highest negative growth of 77.5% in october. 2019 followed by Sugar (59.2%), Project Cargo (49.1o/o), Thermal Coal (40.3yo), Other Coal (28.9%), Coking Coal (12.4%), Food Grains excluding pulses (l 1.8%), pOL-Crude (6.5%) and Container (0.1%). ' At a broad commodity level. Pol-crude handled the maximum cargo traffic of 12. Million tonnes in ocrober. 2019 with a share of 22.2o/o followed by container (20.s%\. PoL products (ll.l%), Thermal Coal (9.4%). other commodities (9.2%).lron ore (7.3%). coking coal (5.2%), other coal (3.7%:), LpG/LNc (2.2%), Edibte oil (2.0%), Fertilizer (1.8%), Iron & Steel (1.4%). FRM-Dry (t.4%), FRM_Liquid (0.8%), Cemenr (0.6%), Other Ores (0.5%) and Sugar (0.3%).	100	factual	0.490	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	(16.3%), Iron & Steel (15.3%), Cement (15.2o/o), Others commodities (6.2%) and pOL- Proucts (4.7%). Pulses recorded highest negative growth of 77.5% in october.	2	page=2,block=0

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question	answer	context	answer_start	question_type	knowledge_quality_score	source_document	source_quote	source_page	source_location	confidence	validation_status
What factors influence the volume of seaborne cargo traffic handled by ports?	levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity	Total Cargo traffic at lndia's Maior Ports Maritime transport activity is driven by developments in world economy, viz, growth in world output and trade. volume of seabome cargo traffic handled by ports is mainly shaped by the levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity. Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19. The overseas cargo handled at Major Ports increased by 1.4Yo from 304.91 million tonnes during April-October, 2018-19 to 309. Million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019- 20. However. the Coastal Cargo handled at Major port decreased by 2.4"h from 98.32 million tonnes during April-October. 201 8-19 to 96.01 million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019-20.	227	relationship	0.970	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	volume of seabome cargo traffic handled by ports is mainly shaped by the levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity.	1	page=1,block=0	0.700	valid
Which port had the lowest positive growth in traffic during April-October 2019-20?	Kolkata Dock system (1.5%)	Carso traffic hand led durins Anril-October. 21119-20 During April-october. 2019-20. vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%). Major ports that recorded negative growth in traffic during April-october, 2019'20 were: Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo) over April-october, 20l g- l9 (Table A).	294	comparison	0.840	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%).	2	page=2,block=0	0.700	valid
Which port had the second highest growth in traffic during April-October 2019-20?	v.o.c port (6.5%)	Carso traffic hand led durins Anril-October. 21119-20 During April-october. 2019-20. vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%). Major ports that recorded negative growth in traffic during April-october, 2019'20 were: Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo) over April-october, 20l g- l9 (Table A).	168	comparison	0.840	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%).	2	page=2,block=0	0.700	valid
Which ports saw a decline in traffic during April-October 2019-20?	Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo)	Carso traffic hand led durins Anril-October. 21119-20 During April-october. 2019-20. vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%). Major ports that recorded negative growth in traffic during April-october, 2019'20 were: Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo) over April-october, 20l g- l9 (Table A).	411	list	0.820	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	Major ports that recorded negative growth in traffic during April-october, 2019'20 were: Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo) over April-october, 20l g- l9 (Table A).	2	page=2,block=0
Which commodity accounted for the largest volume of cargo during April-October 2018-19?	pol-crude handred the maximum cargo of g7.9 milrion tonnes with a share of 2r.7vn	a a At a broad commodity level, Sugar recorded the highest growth in traffic at 6l.7yo followed by Iron ore (27.2o/o), Fe(ilizer (22.1%), LPG/LNG (21.0%), Food Grain excluding pulses (20.6%), Projecr Cargo (15.5%), Coking Coal (9.g%), pOl-product (6.0%), other coal (5.3%), FRM-Liquid (4.4%o), Container (3.5%), edible Oil (2.8%), other ore (0.8%) and Iron & Steel (0.4%). pulses recorded the highest negative growth o165.6% followed bv Thermal coal (19.1%), FRM-Dry (3.6%), orher commodities (3.6%\, poL- Crude (3.4%) and Cement (2.3%) over April-October, 2018-19 (Table B). Amongst all the commodities, pol-crude handred the maximum cargo of g7.9 milrion tonnes with a share of 2r.7vn followed by container (21.4%), Thermal coal ( l r.4%). pol Products (9.7%), Others commodities (9.1%), Iron ore (7.2o/o), Coking coal (6.0%), Other coal (3.5%), Edible oil (1.8%).	605	factual	0.570	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	Amongst all the commodities, pol-crude handred the maximum cargo of g7.9 milrion tonnes with a share of 2r.7vn followed by container (21.4%), Thermal coal ( l r.4%).
Which port experienced the highest growth in traffic during April-October 2019-20?	vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1%	Carso traffic hand led durins Anril-October. 21119-20 During April-october. 2019-20. vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%). Major ports that recorded negative growth in traffic during April-october, 2019'20 were: Mormugao port (r7.9%o) fo owed by New Mangarore port (15.1%), Chennai Port (9.0%), Kamarajar port (7.4%) and JNpr (r.7yo) over April-october, 20l g- l9 (Table A).	85	factual	0.570	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	2019-20. vishakhapatnam po.t recorded highest growth in traffic handled at 9.1% followed by v.o.c port (6.5%), Haldia Dock (4.g%), cochin port (4.7%), Paradip Port (3.9%), Deendayar port (3.8%), Mumbai port (1.5%) and Kolkata Dock system (1.5%).	2	page=2,block=0	0.700
How much cargo was handled at India's major ports during April-October, 2018-19?	403.23 million tonnes	Total Cargo traffic at lndia's Maior Ports Maritime transport activity is driven by developments in world economy, viz, growth in world output and trade. volume of seabome cargo traffic handled by ports is mainly shaped by the levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity. Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19. The overseas cargo handled at Major Ports increased by 1.4Yo from 304.91 million tonnes during April-October, 2018-19 to 309. Million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019- 20. However. the Coastal Cargo handled at Major port decreased by 2.4"h from 98.32 million tonnes during April-October. 201 8-19 to 96.01 million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019-20.	407	factual	0.490	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19.
What was the total cargo traffic at India's 12 major ports during April-October 2019-20?	405.16 million tonnes	Total Cargo traffic at lndia's Maior Ports Maritime transport activity is driven by developments in world economy, viz, growth in world output and trade. volume of seabome cargo traffic handled by ports is mainly shaped by the levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity. Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19. The overseas cargo handled at Major Ports increased by 1.4Yo from 304.91 million tonnes during April-October, 2018-19 to 309. Million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019- 20. However. the Coastal Cargo handled at Major port decreased by 2.4"h from 98.32 million tonnes during April-October. 201 8-19 to 96.01 million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019-20.	380	factual	0.490	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19.
What was the volume of coastal cargo handled at major ports during April-October 2019-20?	96.01 million tonnes	Total Cargo traffic at lndia's Maior Ports Maritime transport activity is driven by developments in world economy, viz, growth in world output and trade. volume of seabome cargo traffic handled by ports is mainly shaped by the levels and changes in both the global and domestic activity. Cargo traflic at India's 12 major ports during April-October, 2019-20, increased by 0.5% to 405.16 million tonnes from 403.23 million tonnes cargo handled during April-October,2018-19. The overseas cargo handled at Major Ports increased by 1.4Yo from 304.91 million tonnes during April-October, 2018-19 to 309. Million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019- 20. However. the Coastal Cargo handled at Major port decreased by 2.4"h from 98.32 million tonnes during April-October. 201 8-19 to 96.01 million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019-20.	782	factual	0.490	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	201 8-19 to 96.01 million tonnes handled during April-October, 2019-20.	1	page=1,block=0
Which commodity saw the greatest decrease in growth during October 2019?	Pulses	(16.3%), Iron & Steel (15.3%), Cement (15.2o/o), Others commodities (6.2%) and pOL- Proucts (4.7%). Pulses recorded highest negative growth of 77.5% in october. 2019 followed by Sugar (59.2%), Project Cargo (49.1o/o), Thermal Coal (40.3yo), Other Coal (28.9%), Coking Coal (12.4%), Food Grains excluding pulses (l 1.8%), pOL-Crude (6.5%) and Container (0.1%). ' At a broad commodity level. Pol-crude handled the maximum cargo traffic of 12. Million tonnes in ocrober. 2019 with a share of 22.2o/o followed by container (20.s%\. PoL products (ll.l%), Thermal Coal (9.4%). other commodities (9.2%).lron ore (7.3%). coking coal (5.2%), other coal (3.7%:), LpG/LNc (2.2%), Edibte oil (2.0%), Fertilizer (1.8%), Iron & Steel (1.4%). FRM-Dry (t.4%), FRM_Liquid (0.8%), Cemenr (0.6%), Other Ores (0.5%) and Sugar (0.3%).	100	factual	0.490	https://shipmin.gov.in/sites/default/files/Monthly%20cargo%20traffic%20handled%20at%20Major%20ports%20during%20and%20upto%20october%2C%202019.pdf	(16.3%), Iron & Steel (15.3%), Cement (15.2o/o), Others commodities (6.2%) and pOL- Proucts (4.7%). Pulses recorded highest negative growth of 77.5% in october.	2	page=2,block=0

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