(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Xinjiang Khorgos Port improves the efficiency of customs clearance between China and Europe to help stabilize foreign trade
China News Network Urumqi, April 6th (Zhu Jingchao, Li Ming, Shan Ruhui) With China's precise and orderly resumption of production, China-Europe trains in many places have resumed normal operation. The reporter learned from the Xinjiang Horgos Railway Port Station on the 6th that in the first quarter of this year, the Horgos Port operated a total of 691 Chinese and European trains with more than 32,000 boxes.
With the advancement of the “Belt and Road” construction, the hub role of Xinjiang Horgos Port has become more and more obvious. Together with Alashankou, it has formed a dual channel for China-Europe trains to enter and exit Xinjiang.
Shi Hongjun, a worker at the Khorgos railway port, said that after the domestic enterprises in China resumed production and resumed production, more and more trains were imported and exported through the Khorgos port. Currently, Horgos Port can reach 15 trains a day on average, and can reach 16 to 17 trains during peak hours. According to the schedule arrangement of the day shift, we actively coordinate Kazakhstan to complete the pick-up and departure operation on the same day.
In order to ensure the safe and smooth customs clearance of Horgos Port during the epidemic, the Horgos Port Authority, customs, border inspection and other departments timely research and judge the problems in the process of customs clearance of personnel and goods, and provide entry and exit personnel, goods and emergency medical supplies. Facilitate customs clearance. Up to now, it has assisted more than 1,500 entry and exit personnel, more than 6,500 tons of inbound and outbound goods, and more than 130 tons of emergency medical supplies.
According to Zhang Jingshou, director of the Korgos Economic Development Zone Port Authority, as the epidemic eases, we have introduced preferential policies to organize the rapid detention of customs, border inspections, and railways for goods stranded by resuming enterprises during the epidemic. Green customs clearance will be granted to China-Europe trains.
At present, the types of goods exported through China-Europe trains have expanded from the original electromechanical products to clothing, department stores, electronic products, chemical products, etc. The return trains are mainly cotton yarn, building materials, auto parts and complete vehicles. (Finish)