SHANGHAI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Shanghai Port, the world's

busiest container port, saw its container volume rise 7.6

percent in November from a year earlier, with the growth rate

picking up for the third straight month, data issued by the

port's operator showed on Friday.

Container throughput reached 2.82 million twenty-foot

equivalent units (TEUs), up from 2.72 million in October. The

year-on-year increase for the month compared with a rise of 1.4

percent in October.

The data comes ahead of China's November trade data due on

Saturday. Economists polled by Reuters expect annual export

growth to slow to 9 percent from a rise of 11.6 percent in

October, while annual imports growth are seen easing to 2

percent last month from October's 2.4 percent increase.

Shanghai Port's container volumes over the past year,

including percent changes from a year earlier:

Month Container Change

Volume('000 TEU) (pct)

Nov-2012 2,824 +7.6

Oct-2012 2,721 +1.4

Sep-2012 2,909 +5.6

Aug-2012 2,606 -7.1

Jul-2012 2,843 -1.8

Jun-2012 2,771 +5.7

May-2012 2,839 +2.8

Apr-2012 2,719 +2.5

Mar-2012 2,729 +3.4

Feb-2012 2,187 +13.1

Jan-2012 2,619 -3.3

Dec-2011 2,658 +7.4

Nov-2011 2,625 -0.5

Oct-2011 2,684 +14.3

Source: Shanghai International Port (Group) Co Ltd

(Reporting by Shanghai Newsroom; Editing by Kazunori Takada and

Jijo Jacob)

Keywords: CHINA PORT/VOLUME

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