Chao News reporter Bai Zhezhe.
The reporter learned from Hangzhou Customs on the 10th that in 2023, Hangzhou Customs will supervise the import and export freight volume of the "Yixinou" China-Europe train with a total of 120490,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 87%。According to the feedback from enterprises, the role of its maritime alternative is gradually emerging.
While the volume of transportation is growing, the commodities transported are also constantly iterative and enriched. Feng Xubin, the operator of the "Yixinou" China-Europe train and chairman of Yiwu Tianmeng Industrial Investment, introduced that the products transported by the train were initially mainly small commodities such as daily necessities, and have now been comprehensively expanded to high-value and high-value-added products such as automobiles and accessories, photovoltaic products, machinery and equipment.
The role of China-Europe freight trains as an alternative to maritime transport is gradually emerging. In the recent Red Sea shipping crisis, Zhejiang's foreign trade enterprises are also facing problems such as delivery delays and rising costs. Shao Yifeng, general manager of Ningbo Tieda Chain Management, introduced that the container of the China-Europe train was inquired from the sea operation, and the inquiry volume was about 50%.
Compared with sea freight, rail transportation is more costly, but the advantage is that the timeliness is faster and the current capacity is more stable. Shao Yifeng took imports from Europe to Ningbo as an example: "Compared with the arrival time of 40 days to several months by sea, the China-Europe train usually only takes about 20 days. ”
The train ushered in the peak season of shipment, and the regulatory authorities provided full protection for this. Lu Zhengyang, chief of the third section of Jinhua Customs Supervision, said: "During this time, the demand for sending goods to Europe through the China-Europe train is very strong, and many goods go out before the Lunar New Year. To this end, the customs has opened up a "green channel" for trains, and implemented convenient measures such as "7*24 hours appointment for customs clearance" to further simplify procedures. The customs has specially implemented the "direct loading on arrival" mode, where the goods are shipped from the factory and loaded into containers in the morning, and can be transported to the train in the afternoon and sent overseas.
With stable, reliable and efficient logistics services, the brand influence of "Yixinou" China-Europe Express has been significantly enhanced at home and abroad, and has become a landmark project for our province to actively integrate into the "Belt and Road" initiative and a "golden business card" for high-level opening up. At present, the "Yixinou" China-Europe Express has opened 25 routes, covering more than 50 countries and regions and reaching 160 cities.
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