Mumbai, Feb. 23 -- Even as Mundra in Gujarat remains the port recording highest container traffic from Northern India especially from Punjab, the country's oldest and the largest port in Navi Mumbai - Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) - has recorded export cargo of approximately 16 lakh containers from the region in the last one year. There is an increase of more than 10% of container traffic from the Northern states reflecting a rise in exports, reveals data from JNPA terminals.

As per officials at JNPA, there has been a steady rise in exports from North India over the years. The JNPA annually handles traffic of 80 lakh containers from all over the country out of which 40 lakh containers includes export cargo.

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