People's Daily Beijing (reporters Li Xinping and Song Haoxin) reporters learned from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.: As of November 28, the cumulative number of China-Europe trains has exceeded 120,000, and the value of goods sent has exceeded 490 billion US dollars. The outbound and return trips are basically balanced, and the comprehensive heavy container rate is basically stable at 100%.
Transportation channels continue to expand. At present, 128 cities in my country have opened China-Europe freight trains, reaching 232 cities in 26 European countries and more than 100 cities in 11 Asian countries. The service scope basically covers the entire Asia and Europe.
The variety of goods is more abundant. The types of goods transported by China-Europe trains have expanded to 53 categories and more than 50,000 commodities. High value-added goods such as auto parts, mechanical equipment, electronics and electrical appliances have become the main source of goods exported by China-Europe trains.
Port capabilities have been significantly improved. The six major ports of Alashankou, Horgos, Erenhot, Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Tongjiang have a single-day transfer capacity of 184 trains, and the customs clearance time has been shortened from about half a day to less than 30 minutes, and the fastest takes only a few minutes.
The supply organization is more efficient. In China, 14 China-Europe freight train collection centers have been formed in Xi'an, Chengdu-Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Jinhua (Yiwu), etc., accelerating the transformation of China-Europe freight trains from "point-to-point" to "hub-to-hub". In the first ten months of this year, the number of China-Europe trains running through 14 assembly centers accounted for 87% of the country's total.
Transportation costs are effectively reduced. As the scale of the operation continues to expand, the domestic and overseas transportation prices of China-Europe trains have dropped by more than 40% compared with the initial stage of the operation. my country's finance, taxation, customs and other departments have introduced policies such as tax rebates at land departure ports and preferential freight sharing and deductions for the return domestic section of China-Europe trains, which have further reduced corporate operating costs.
