China News Service, Nanning, January 1st (Reporter Lin Hao) At 00:05 on January 1, a train full of cargo departed from Guangxi Nanning International Railway Port to Hanoi, Vietnam. This was the first trip to RCEP members after the RCEP agreement took effect. China’s international freight trains.

　　The train consists of 23 40-foot containers and 2 20-foot containers. The goods include general trade and cross-border e-commerce goods such as electronic components, daily necessities, chemical products, etc., with a total weight of more than 800 tons and a value of more than 10 million US dollars. , Will arrive in Hanoi, Vietnam in 28 hours.

　　Yang Chunting, Director of the Guangxi Department of Commerce, introduced at the opening ceremony of the first international freight train after the RCEP took effect. In recent years, the construction of the new western land-sea corridor has been accelerated, forming a “sea, land and air” cross-border logistics system connecting RCEP member states in an all-round way and connecting the EU and ASEAN. A new channel for international land-sea trade.

The picture is courtesy of Guangxi Department of Commerce at the opening ceremony of the train

　　At present, Guangxi and ASEAN countries have formed a complete international logistics system by sea, land and air, with multiple modes of transportation to RCEP countries and all-weather logistics capacity.

In terms of land transportation, in 2021, the freight volume of Guangxi Youyiguan Port exceeded 3.8 million tons; the number of international freight trains at Pingxiang Railway Port exceeded 1,900, an increase of 56%. Among them, there were 346 direct container trains from Nanning International Railway Port to China and Vietnam, an increase of 108%.

　　In terms of shipping, the Beibu Gulf Port has 274 productive berths and a comprehensive cargo throughput capacity of 285 million tons.

At present, Beibu Gulf Port has routes to 311 ports in 106 countries and regions, including 64 container routes and 28 container routes to RCEP countries.

The sea-rail combined freight trains reach 91 stations in 47 cities in 13 provinces in China.

　　The container handling capacity of Qinzhou Railway Container Central Station in 2021 will exceed 300,000 TEUs.

By 7:00 on December 31, 2021, the container volume of Beibu Gulf Port exceeded 6 million TEUs, and the number of sea-rail intermodal container trains exceeded 6,000.

　　In terms of air transportation, the cargo and mail throughput of Nanning Airport reached 123,500 tons in 2021, of which the international cargo and mail throughput was 23,500 tons, an increase of 118.95%, achieving a historic breakthrough and vigorously promoting economic and trade cooperation between Guangxi and ASEAN countries.

　　Yang Chunting said that Guangxi, as the gateway and window of my country's opening-up and cooperation with ASEAN, the effective implementation of the RCEP agreement has brought new opportunities for the development of Guangxi's high-level opening up.

Tariff and non-tariff barriers between RCEP member countries have been greatly reduced, the rules of origin accumulation have been implemented, the level of customs clearance facilitation has been further improved, the business environment has been further optimized, the advantages of the main channel of cooperation between Guangxi and RCEP member countries will be further consolidated, and the scale of trade And the level of cooperation will continue to improve.

　　The Deputy Commissioner of Yongzhou Customs Wang Hongbin also said that after the implementation of RCEP, the superimposed effects of rules of origin and customs procedures will significantly enhance trade relations among members, further improve the timeliness of customs clearance of goods, and greatly save administrative costs and business operations. cost.

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