China News Service, Khorgos, Xinjiang, September 17 (Li Ming and Li Huihui) At 12 o'clock on the 17th, an international freight train from Chengdu Chengxiang, Sichuan Province, China departed from the Khorgos railway port in Xinjiang to Poland. Hereby.
This train carrying machinery and equipment, auto parts, electronic products and other goods is the 3,000th China-Europe (Central Asia) train that entered and exited through Khorgos Port in Xinjiang this year.
Although the new crown pneumonia epidemic has occurred this year, the opening and passing volume of China-Europe (Central Asia) trains from Khorgos in Xinjiang has not decreased but increased.
As of the 17th, there were 3,000 trains in operation, with an overall cargo volume of 4.36 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 32% and 60%.
These China-Europe (Central Asia) trains include 16 routes including "Yuxinou", "Zhengxinou", "Rongxinou", "Yixinou", and "Changan", among which 2,608 outbound trains are mainly from Lianyungang, Zhengzhou, China In Chengdu, Chongqing and other places, the goods include clothing department stores, electronic products, mechanical and electrical products, chemicals, etc.; the return train is 392, mainly from Germany, Poland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other countries. The goods are cotton yarn, building materials, auto parts, and Mainly the whole vehicle.
In order to meet the demand for the increase in freight volume and frequency of trains, the Khorgos government has introduced a number of preferential measures to stabilize foreign trade and promote growth, and coordinate functions such as customs and railways to improve the efficiency of train customs clearance and reduce customs clearance. Continued efforts in cost and other aspects, and increased service efforts.
Qian Kun, the person in charge of an international freight forwarding company in Xinjiang, said that this year the company has represented 41,800 vehicles with a total of 510,000 tons of goods and a trade volume of 440 million yuan (RMB).
"Now the speed of customs clearance, inspection and release is extremely fast, and it only takes about 3 hours to complete all exit procedures such as container inspection, seal, release, and write-off."
Khorgos Customs improves the efficiency of customs clearance by optimizing the supervision process and reduces the cost of enterprise customs clearance.
"We insist on 24-hour customs clearance operations, set up special windows for China-Europe trains, and handle all kinds of customs clearance procedures in a simple and quick manner, and work efficiency has increased by more than 60%." said Lu Wangsheng, customs officer of the third department of Khorgos customs supervision.
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