SIALKOT, Dec 19: Exports from Sialkot Dry Port declined by Rs685 million during the month of November compared to the same month last year. The dry port handled 2,400 export consignments destined for other countries with a value of Rs2,257 million during the month of November 2005,compared to exports worth Rs3,040 million handled during the month of October marking a monthly decline of Rs783 million.

Giving details Chairman Sialkot Dry Port Trust Mehboob A. Shaikh told newsmen on Monday that the goods exported, include sports goods (worth Rs55 million); leather goods (worth Rs679 million); surgical instruments (worth Rs593 million); cotton products (worth Rs75 million); Nylon products (worth Rs130 million); cutlery products (worth Rs77 million); furniture (worth Rs8.5 million); rice (worth Rs0.50 million); and machinery (worth Rs2 million).