Sea ice extent expands annually in the Antarctic winter and most of this ice melts in the summer.

Traditionally an agriculture-based state, Ceará began an industrialisation program under the military regime (1964-1985), and the industrial sector continues to expand annually.

Works will increase the initial capacity of the airport to 9 million passengers annually and give the ability to expand to 12 million passengers annually.

Also expanding annually, this database covers major archaeological traditions and many more sub-traditions and sites around the world.

Corallines, especially encrusting forms, are slow growers, and expand by 0.1 to 80 mm annually.

The retail flower industry, estimated at $7 billion this year, has been expanding about 7 percent annually.

Since 2003, the economy here has grown faster than any other in South America, expanding on average by more than 8 percent annually.

The resort Berdyansk continues to expand annually a spectrum of the services in sphere of the industry of rest.

The world economy is expanding about 3.5 percent annually, yet industrial commodities would be worth the prices they are fetching, he said, only if growth were 5.5 percent.

As recently as two years ago the office furniture business was expanding by almost 20 percent annually.