In Tamil Nadu, cargo exports have increased to 6075 Metric Tonnes from Tiruchirapalli International airport in this fiscal according to its director K Gunasekaran. Talking to media persons today he saidthat efforts are being made to encourage imports of cargo items. Perishable items like vegetables, fruits, textiles are being exported as cargo to middle-east countries including Gulf nations, Malaysiaand Sri Lanka. The Trichy airport has targeted to achieve 6500 MT export by the end of this fiscal. The number of passengers in this fiscal has also increased to 1.2 million this year. Most of the passengers are from central Tamil Nadu who have used international flights to the Middle East and gulf nations.Expansion and modernization works for the Trichy international airport worth Rs 862 crore is going on smoothly he added.