July 2012 Q2 JANUARY TO JUNE 2012 STATISTICS SRI LANKA FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSOCIATION

Total Air Exports (in Tons) 2012 Performance First six month of 2012 shows an increase of 14% compared to same period in In June 2012 the increase is 21% compared to June All the months compared to 2011 has shown an increase/ 2008/2009/2010 & 2011 Performance Compared During last 4 years 2010 March has reported the highest volume (9, TONs) During last 4 years rd quarter was reported the highest volume (25, TONs) 2010 was reported the highest volume (99,527.62TONs) during last 4 years Jan7, , , , , Feb8, , , , , Mar9, , , , , Apr7, , , , , May7, , , , , Jun8, , , , , Jul8, , , , Aug7, , , , Sep7, , , , Oct6, , , , Nov6, , , , Dec6, , , ,

Total Air Imports (in Tons) 2012 Performance First six month of 2012 shows an increase of 8% compared to same period in Expect for Jan 2012 all the other months has shown an increase compared to /2009/2010 & 2011 Performance Compared During last 4 years 2011 Dec has reported the highest volume (3, TONs) During last 4 years th quarter was reported the highest volume (8, TONs) 2011 was reported the highest volume (31, TONs) during last 4 years Jan2, , , , , Feb2, , , , , Mar2, , , , , Apr2, , , , , May2, , , , , Jun2, , , , , Jul2, , , , Aug2, , , , Sep2, , , , Oct2, , , , Nov2, , , , Dec1, , , ,

Total Air Freight (Exp, Imp & TS) in Ton’s There is a drop in total AF volume in 2011 by 0.78% ( TONs) compared to 2010 and holds the 3 rd highest year during last 7 years. Highest volume reported in 2006 ( TONs) & the lowest volume was in 2009 ( TONs) during last 7 years.

UPLIFT (Tons) DISCHARGE (Tons) Excluding Transshipment TRANSSHIPMENT (Tons) TTL (Tons) , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Total Air Freight (Exp, Imp & TS) Annually During last 6 years Air uplift volume in 2011 shows a decline from total volume & stands at 60% from total vol. Transshipment has hit the highest volume in 2011 during last 7 years.

2012 Exp / Imp & TS TEU’s

Annual Ocean Exports (In TEU’s) (2012 Q2 Only) Highest number of export containers (for both Laden & Empty) has reported in 2011 (Laden containers have grown by 6% (15779 TEUs) & Empty containers have grown by 16%(36721TEUs) compared to 2010), shows an increasing trend from 2009.

Annual Ocean Imports (In TEU’s)(2012 Q2 Only) Highest number of laden containers discharged in 2011 & which is almost 500K TEUs. Further, this shows an increasing trend from 2009

Annual Ocean Transshipments (In TEU’s)(2012 Q2 Only) 2011 transshipment volume is almost equal to 2010 volume. Although it is a slight drop in 2011, it shows an increasing trend from Empty containers shows an increase of 9% (29986TEUs)

Annual Import /Export Container Throughput (2012 Q2 Only)