Chinanews.com, Urumqi, February 15 (Li Ming, Li Huihui) A transit train loaded with 220 commercial vehicles left the border at Khorgos Port in Xinjiang on the 14th and headed for Kazakhstan. This is also the first train at Xinjiang Port. Westbound transit trains for whole cars.

　　It is understood that this batch of cars was shipped by Japan. After entering the Dayaowan Port in Dalian, China, they were replaced with railway JSQ special vehicles and exited to Kazakhstan from Khorgos Port.

The train consists of 29 sections and carries 220 Japanese-origin commercial vehicles, which will arrive in about 3 days.

　　According to Li Xuefeng, manager of a freight forwarding company in Khorgos, in the past, Japanese commercial vehicles entered Central Asia through the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea by sea. After arriving in Russia, they were distributed to Kazakhstan.

Through the newly opened multimodal transportation channel for new commodity vehicles, the transportation time has been compressed to about 30 days, which can save more than 2 times the transportation time compared with the past, and effectively reduce the comprehensive logistics cost.

　　In order to ensure the efficient and convenient customs clearance of the train, upon the arrival of the train, the Khorgos customs officers quickly checked the seal on the spot and actively connected with the enterprise. It only took 30 minutes to complete the customs clearance procedures, providing a fast customs clearance for the train. Strong guarantee.

　　It is reported that the opening of the first East Asian-Central Asian commodity vehicle multimodal transport channel is not only a new achievement of the Khorgos Port’s in-depth integration into the “Belt and Road” construction, it also expands a new transit transport business model, and also further enriches it. The source structure of the incoming and outgoing trains at Khorgos Port has been improved.

　　Data show that as of February 14, Horgos has opened 491 China-Europe (Central Asia) trains this year, transporting a total of 26,644 TEUs and 961,000 tons of goods.

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