Corporate News SIA Cargo In West Asia And Africa SIA Cargo Kolkata: (back row, from left) Sales & Services Agents Gerard Young and Ritwik Kaushik, Manager Sales & Services Amin Khan, Sales & Services Agent Suvadeep Das Gupta, and Sales & Services Officer Shane Peters; (front row, from left) Sales & Services Officer Suprio Ghosh Dastidar, Sales & Services Agent Subhra Jyoti Majumdar and Sales & Services Officer Modassir Halim INDIA Kolkata Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, is a major port and commercial hub. It is also the gateway to the north eastern part of India as it is well-connected to the rest of India by a good air, rail and road network. Major developments in housing, infrastructure and industries have taken place in recent times with the government inviting large-scale private sector participation and foreign investments. In the coming years, Kolkata is expected to gain in importance as a business centre in India. Manager Sales & Services Amin Khan with his team of six manage SIA Cargo Kolkata’s operations which include a weekly B747-400 freighter service and SIA’s four weekly passenger B777-200 services. The city’s main export commodities are leather goods which account for over 60% of total export. Other important exports are silk, garments, tea, gold jewellery, optical lenses, machinery, and perishables such as chilled fish, live crabs, tropical fish and flower bulbs.	Related Articles New Senior Vice-President Sales & Marketing For SIA Cargo SIA Cargo In West Asia And Africa INDIA • Ahmedabad • Amritsar • Bangalore • Chennai • Kolkata • Mumbai • New Delhi SRI LANKA • Colombo BANGLADESH • Dhaka TURKEY • Istanbul SAUDI ARABIA • Jeddah UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • Dubai and Sharjah EGYPT • Cairo KUWAIT THE MALDIVES SOUTH AFRICA • Johannesburg and Cape Town