[Explanation] Dunhuang is the "first throat key hub" of the Silk Road, and has played an important role as a commercial hub in China's economic and trade exchanges since ancient times.
It has been nearly a year since "moving" from other places to Dunhuang. Asbestos production company Gansu Sansheng International Trade Co., Ltd. has doubled the number of goods shipped overseas this year compared to the same period last year.
[Concurrent] Huang Suhui, General Manager of Gansu Sansheng International Trade Co., Ltd.
Now the railway (Dunhuang-Vientiane-Bangkok) is very convenient. We ship directly from Dunhuang to Bangkok, and then directly to Qinzhou, and then go to sea from Qinzhou. This is "rail-sea combined transport".
We used to go through road-rail combined transportation. The road directly shipped to Guangxi, and then transferred to foreign countries by rail. The transportation in Dunhuang is very convenient.
[Explanation] In recent years, Dunhuang has focused on building an open channel hub and developing port channel economy.
With convenient transportation, Dunhuang's characteristic agricultural products with excellent "taste and freshness" have more "confidence" to break into the Southeast Asian market.
At present, the export market of Dunhuang Liguang apricots, grapes, red dates, honeydew melons and other agricultural products has expanded to more than 10 countries and regions.
[Concurrent] Hu Xu, General Manager of Dunhuang Dunken Fruit Co., Ltd.
At present, we have exported more than 2,000 tons of jujube bulk products.
In addition, we have accumulated more than 60 tons of pre-packaged jujube products, including dried fruit products, including raisins, dried apricots, walnuts, and wolfberries.
The export volume is increasing every year, and then we have also established stable customers overseas.
[Concurrent] Li Shihong, General Manager of Gansu Dunsheng Trade Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Dunhuang has a large temperature difference between day and night, and the sugar content of the fruit is relatively high. The fruit size and other aspects are quite good.
Customers (feedback) are very satisfied with the shipment to Southeast Asian countries.
The number of customers is increasing year by year, and the volume of purchases is also increasing year by year.
Now the logistics is also very smooth. After the customs inspection, we will seal the box directly from here, and it can be shipped directly to Thailand.
[Explanation] Dunhuang Airport Customs, which has been on and off for more than 3 years, also provides convenience for local foreign trade enterprises to handle customs business such as import and export declarations and inspections, tax reduction and exemption filing applications, temporary import and export cultural relic supervision, etc., combined with the development of local characteristic industries, Dunhuang Airport The customs held a symposium to understand the demands of enterprises face-to-face, and continued to carry out door-to-door service of policy delivery to coordinate and solve the actual difficulties of enterprises.
[Concurrent] Li Shihong, General Manager of Gansu Dunsheng Trade Import and Export Co., Ltd.
Because we have a (orchard) filing base for planting, the customs often come to our base to give some on-site guidance.
Because Dunhuang is also an inland county and city, many of them are not connected enough with the export area, and there are certain broken belts. The (Dunhuang Airport) customs also played a role in connecting our broken belts.
[Explanation] In addition, banks are "financial matchmakers" that help Dunhuang local companies enter the international market.
According to the person in charge of the Bank of China Dunhuang Sub-branch, the bank introduces international trade knowledge through the establishment of a "cross-border financial service team" and "one-on-one" door-to-door services, and takes advantage of the bank's international outlets to establish a "customer matching group at home and abroad". In this way, overseas Bank of China, overseas Bank of China customers, and Dunhuang customers are matched to form a WeChat group to solve the problems that enterprises do not understand international trade, dare not do international trade, and have no overseas customers.
[Concurrent] Huang Suhui, General Manager of Gansu Sansheng International Trade Co., Ltd.
In April of this year (walking) the China-Laos-Thailand Railway, we implemented the payment transaction by TT (telegraphic transfer) for the first time. The customer directly transferred the full amount and entered it in RMB. In the past, the account period was in the about a month.
[Explanation] Since the beginning of this year, the commercial department of Dunhuang City has also held a large-scale e-commerce training live broadcast competition for the first time, exploring new paths such as live e-commerce, cross-border e-commerce, and building overseas warehouses, helping Dunhuang agricultural products and cultural and creative products go further. go out.
According to the regulatory department, at present, the number of foreign trade enterprises in Dunhuang has increased from 27 to 53. In the first 10 months of this year, more than 4,000 tons of local characteristic agricultural products in Dunhuang were exported overseas, with a value of more than 60 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 58% and 1.3% respectively. times; more than 3,000 tons of asbestos were sold to Southeast Asian countries, with a value of more than 10 million yuan, more than five times that of last year.
Reported by Wang Muyu Dingsi from Dunhuang, Gansu
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]