NAIROBI Women's Nike Air Max 270 Flight Gold , Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's port of Mombasa experienced an 11.9-percent increase in traffic in the first seven months of 2017, compared to the same period last year, officials said on Wednesday.


Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director Catherine Mturi-Wairi told a business forum in Nairobi that from January to July, the port handled a total of 17.52 million tons, up from 15.66 million tons registered in the corresponding period of 2016.


"The overall positive growth compared to last year's was largely driven by increased import volumes," Mturi-Wairi said during the annual KPA stakeholders' forum.


In 2016, the East African port handled a total of 27.36 million tons of cargo, up from 26.73 million tons handled in 2015 Women's Nike Air Max 270 Coral Stardust Black , realizing a favorable growth of 2.4 percent.


"We expect the port performance to increase in 2017 over 2016, despite the extended electioneering period," she said.


In terms of container traffic, KPA also registered an increase of 66,806 Twenty Four Equivalent Units (TEUs) or 10.7 percent, after registering 689,593 TEUs between January and July of 2017 against 622,787 TEUs recorded in the corresponding period last year.


"This performance compares favorably against the global average growth rate of four percent per annum Women's Nike Air Max 270 Ultramarine Solar Red ," Mturi-Wairi said.


The managing director noted that in the first seven months of 2017, export traffic increased slightly by 36,094 tons or 1.7 percent to post 2,182,232 tons from 2,146,138 tons handled in the corresponding period in 2016.


"The slight increase was supported by expanded volumes of coffee, tea Women's Nike Air Max 270 Triple White , vegetables, fruits and juices exports," she added.


The port authority said that import traffic experienced a 12.1 percent increase between January and July to record 14,803,838 tons in the last seven months, compared to 13,209,720 tons registered last year.


"The increase in imports was driven by dry bulk commodities like wheat Nike Air VaporMax 97 Womens , clinker, palm and vegetable oil, and refined petroleum products," she added.


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BEIJING, April 13 (Xinhua) -- China's economy was off to a good start in the first quarter of this year with recovering economic vitality and market expectations, the top economic planner said Thursday.


STRONG OPTIMISM


"Following a positive trend in the second half of last year Nike Air VaporMax 2.0 Womens , the Chinese economy maintained stable yet progressive momentum," said Yan Pengcheng, spokesperson with the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), citing latest indicators.


China's electricity use, an important indicator of economic activity, rose 6.9 percent in the first quarter of the year to 1.45 trillion kilowatt hours, he revealed at a press conference.


Yan especially noted that high-tech industries saw rapid rises in power use, with information transmission Nike Air VaporMax CS Womens , computer services and software sectors recording 13.3 percent growth in energy consumption.


Meanwhile, China's railway freight volume climbed 15.3 percent in the first three months, and the manufacturing purchasing managers' index came in at 51.8 in March, staying above 51 for a sixth consecutive month, according to Yan.


The country's economic growth for the first quarter is scheduled to be released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) next Monday, which is largely expected to be around 6.8 percent.


The government trimmed its 2017 growth target to around 6.5 percent, the lowest in a quarter of a century.


REMAINING INSTABILITY


Despite optimism on first-quarter growth, Yan said the stability and sustainability of the momentum remains to be observed Nike Air VaporMax Off White Womens , as China's economic development is still restrained by a few external and internal factors and the issue of structural imbalance.


He drew particular attention to the influence of commodity prices in the international market on China's domestic prices.


China's consumer inflation grew mildly in the first quarter on the back of a firming economy, fresh NBS data showed. But the producer price index (PPI), measuring cost of goods at the factory gate, jumped 7.4 percent year on year.


Yan said the strong PPI growth was mostly driven by the carry-over effect of last year's price changes and a rise in factory-gate prices in several industries such as coal and steel-making.


He expected PPI growth to peak in the first quarter as China's aggregate demand will level off in the following quarters, given China's stable economic performance.


But future changes in commodity prices in the international market will add uncertainty to the domestic PPI trend, he said, citing recent oil price upswings due to conflicts in the Middle East.


PLANNING FOR XIONGAN NEW AREA


Yan said the NDRC will next push the drafting of detailed plans for building the Xiongan New Area, which was brought into the public spotlight after the government announced it will create a brand new economic zone earlier this month.


The blueprint will highlight both "international standards" and "Chinese characteristics Nike Air VaporMax Womens ," drawing talent from home and abroad and international experience to build the area, he said.


On April 1, China announced plans to create Xiongan New Area, a new economic zone about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing. The new area spans the counties of Xiongxian, Rongcheng and Anxin in Hebei, and is home to Baiyangdian, a major wetland in northern China.


The new area will initially cover around 100 square km and expand to 2,000 square km in the long term.


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