The minor ports of Andhra Pradesh Port Department handled 15 Million Tonnes of Cargo during 2005 and is the 2 nd Highest Cargo handling State in Union India.

     The A.P. State has prepared a perspective development plan in its vision 2020 document for development of Ports according to which 50 Million Tonnes of Cargo by 2009 and 173 Million Tonnes of Cargo by 2020 is programmed to handle.