Arshiya International Ltd, a
supply chain and logistics
infrastructure solutions
company, has launched its
135 acre Free Trade & Warehousing
Zone, at Khurja, Uttar
Pradesh, near the confluence of
the planned eastern and western
freight corridors.
FTWZ is a part of Arshiya's 315-
acre mega logistics hub which
also includes a 50-acre rail siding
and 130-acre Domestic Distripark
which will be operational soon.
This will be the flagship state-ofthe-
art logistics infrastructure in
the north to service the massive
manufacturing belt. It will enable
efficient warehousing, value optimising,
and distribution of exim
and domestic cargo. It will also
empower manufacturers to substantially
bring down transactional
cost and boost exim, facilitate
imports through implementation
of vendor managed inventory, and
encourage exports by enabling
quality check and consolidation
before organised shipment.
The FTWZ will enable Arshiya
to offer a plethora of benefits to
companies with exim movement
between north-west such as costeffective
bonded movement
through Arshiya Rail, dutydeferred
storage of imports, and
immediate export benefits for
companies in the north. Also,
proximity to planned eastern and
western freight corridors will
allow convenient access to ports
through rail.
India's and Arshiya's first 165-
acre FTWZ in Mumbai, which
became operational in December
2010, is currently servicing
over 200 companies across sectors
such as FMCG, retail, pharmaceuticals,
chemicals, manufacturing,
heavy engineering
and automobile.
Commenting on the announcement,
Ajay S. Mittal, Group
Chairman & Managing Director,
Arshiya International Ltd, said:
"The launch of Arshiya's FTWZ in
Khurja, Uttar Pradesh, has
enabled Arshiya to complete the
north-west belt of its planned pan-
India footprint. Now we will be
able to provide tremendous value
and cost savings for the heavy
exim cargo movement in this belt
by offering warehousing, value
optimising services as well as
movement through Arshiya Rail."
According to the company, logistics
costs in India are fairly high, at
around 14 per cent of GDP, compared
to 8-9 per cent in most
developed nations. A major contributor
to these high costs stems
from the lack of infrastructure
investments in logistics within
India. Arshiya's FTWZ is expected
to improve efficiency and lower
costs for its customers.