Exports from Aden container port increase [Archives:2005/838/Business & Economy]
The container port and platforms of Aden Oil Refinery has witnessed during the first quarter of this year an increasing commercial movement compared to the same period of last year. This is represented in the increase of exports and movement in commercial and tourist ships by a standard rate amounted to 120% in comparison with the same period of last year 2004.
A statistics issued by customs of the free zone in Aden mentioned that the total of exports value of fish and other products amounted to one billion and 282 million riyals, at an increase of YR 704 million from that of last year.
The statistics also mentioned that exports of frozen habbar fish and banjins habbar amounted to two thousand and 750 hundred kg at a total value of 78 million and 764 thousand riyals. That quantity was exported to France, America, Japan, South Korea, China and Greece. On the other hand the volume of coffee exports amounted to one thousand 590 kg at a total value of 51 million and 627 thousand riyals. In addition, 476 thousand boxes of various perfumes were exported to countries such as Qatar, the Emirates, Algeria and Italy at a value of 29 million and 833 thousand riyals.
The six main wharfs of Aden oil refinery had at the same period seen the unloading of about one million, 435 thousand and 691 hundred tons of different local and foreign oil products. Statistics of marketing, production and production administration of the refinery show that it had marketed at the same period more than 997 thousand and 195 hundred metric tons of oil products including petrol, diesel, and kerosene and liquefied gas to Yemeni local markets. The statistics also said customs of the free zone in Aden achieved a customs revenues amounted to two billion, 943 million and 690 thousand riyals at an increase of 374 million riyals in comparison with the same period last year.
Container port in Aden received during the first quarter of this year 74 container ships of various nationalities arriving from neighbouring ports as well as world ports which unloaded around 57 thousand and 256 hundred containers of different sizes.
Indicators clarify that the proportion of increase in exports and imports achieved by the free zone customs in Aden in the first quarter of this year comes as a result of the commercial activity the port is seeing at present. Especially regarding exportation of Yemeni products, movement of containers and those containers of transit.
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