2017年上半年美国主要零售集装箱港口的进口量同比上涨4.6%

Imports at US major retail container ports to be up 4.6% in H1

Quoting the Global Port Tracker Report, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said imports at US major retail container ports are forecast to rise 4.6 per cent in the first half of 2017, as against the same period of 2016. NRF has expressed optimism on the growth in imports, following the improvement in the nation’s economy and growth in retail sales.

According to NRF, the January 2017 numbers would bring the first half of 2017 to 9.4 million TEU, expanding by 4.6 per cent over the first half of 2016. This growth will be almost three times the 1.6 per cent growth seen in the first half of 2016, over the same period in 2015.

The report estimated imports in January 2017 at 1.59 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), a rise of 6.6 per cent over January 2016, while February is forecast at 1.53 million TEU, down 0.6 per cent over the same month in the prior year. (AR)

译文如下：

2017年上半年美国主要零售集装箱港口的进口量同比上涨4.6%

全美零售商联合会(NRF)引用《全球港口追踪》报道称，2017年上半年美国主要大型零售集装箱港口的进口量较2016年同期同比上涨4.6%。全美零售商联合会对进口的增长量表示非常乐观，同时亦改善了国家的经济和零售销售的增长。

全美零售商联合会表示，2017年1月份的进口数字非常惊人，预计2017年上半年将完成集装箱吞吐量940万TEU，较2016年上半年同比增长4.6%。这种增长速度几乎是2016年1.6%增长率的三倍。

报告估计，2017年1月完成集装箱吞吐量为159万TEU，较2016年1月同比上涨6.6%，而2月份预计为153万TEU，较前一年同期同比下降了0.6%。

(编译：杨朝霞)