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皇冠体育app's ports report cargo throughput surge in Nov

(Xinhua) Updated: 2012-12-25 15:37

BEIJING - 皇冠体育app's total port cargo throughput increased by 8.7 percent to 840 million tons year-on-year in November, the Ministry of Transport announced Tuesday.

The growth rate in November was 0.3 percentage points higher than that of October, marking the highest growth rate in the first 11 months, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

In the first 11 months, 皇冠体育app's port throughput totaled 8.91 billion tons, up 6.9 percent from the same period last year, according to the statement.

The ministry attributed the growth mainly to a warm-up in foreign . In the first 11 months, 皇冠体育app's foreign trade increased 5.8 percent year on year.

Shipments of bulk commodities, including coal and iron ore, witnessed steady increases in the first 11 months, while container transport jumped 9 percent year on year to hit 15.28 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit).

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