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The Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) saw year-on-year volumes soar by 30% to 245,350 tonnes in June, pushing throughput for the first half of the year to almost 1.4 million tonnes, up 39% on the first six months of 2009. Exports in the first half totalled 752,830 tonnes, up 46% year-on-year, while the import total of 366,200 tonnes was 35% higher than a year earlier. The HactlF0;s General Manager, marketing and customer service, said: R20;We are delighted to see the continued strong growth brought by the better-than-expected economic recovery in the first half of the year. However, we remain cautious over the global economyF0;s long-term growth prospects, as the European debt crisis and uncertainties in US economic growth continue to impact cargo traffic around the globe.R21; |