China News Service, Enshi, January 18 (Chen Long, Du Wenxi, Dong Xiaobin) At 4:51 on the 18th, 85,552 freight trains carrying 60,000 catties of Enshi green tea departed from the Enshi Station of the Yi-Wan Railway, and will then take the China-Europe train to go abroad. Heading to Central Asia, this is also the first time Enshi Green Tea takes the train to exit.
Enshi Prefecture is located in the southwest of Hubei Province, at the intersection of Hubei, Hunan and Chongqing provinces (cities). Consumers favor.
In recent years, the "green, organic, selenium-enriched" tea industry has become an important pillar for Enshi to develop its foreign economy.
60,000 catties of Enshi Xuanen green tea loaded on a freight train Photo by Chen Long
It is understood that 85552 freight trains will arrive at Xi'an International Port via Yi-Wan Line, Jiao-Liu Line, Xiang-Yu Line and Xikang Line after leaving Enshi Station of Yi-Wan Railway. Central Asian countries such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
"In the past, we used river-sea-rail combined transport to export, but it took a long time, and tea was afraid of moisture, so we wanted to try to export by railway." Mr. Zhang, the person in charge of the tea company, introduced that they compared the road from Enshi to Xi'an International Port and After the railway freight rate, I found that the railway freight rate has obvious advantages, so I decided to give it a try.
In order to help local characteristic agricultural products go abroad, the Yichang Depot of China Railway Wuhan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. implements the "four priority" measures of priority carrier, priority loading, priority loading, and priority release, carefully optimizes product transportation routes, formulates loading reinforcement and Preferential price and other programs, choose the best among the empty vehicles, and do a good job of anti-humidity treatment to meet the individual needs of cargo owners.
"Tea is jointly transported by rail and taken overseas by China-Europe freight train. The time is only half of that by sea, and the cost is less than one-sixth of air. It can help companies achieve a win-win situation in terms of time and transportation costs." Yichang Depot Zhang Jie, deputy chief of the Freight Section, said that four batches of Enshi green tea will be exported by railway in succession.
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