On January 8, after the Jiaozhou Customs under Qingdao Customs completed the customs clearance inspection and release procedures, a China-Europe train loaded with auto parts, mechanical parts and other products was sent out from the Qingdao Multimodal Transport Center in the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone. There are a total of 55 cars, 110 TEUs, and a value of about 17 million yuan.
This train has 40 standard container goods of our company, mainly mechanical parts and other goods, which are sent to Almaty, Kazakhstan by China-Europe railway transportation. Lu Shusheng, manager of Qingdao Ocean Daya Logistics, said, "The fast transportation of China-Europe trains, superimposed customs clearance logistics facilitation measures, we can declare online in real time, which greatly facilitates business handling, reduces operating costs, and improves market competitiveness." ”
The SCO Demonstration Zone and Qingdao Customs have given full play to the advantages of "sea, land, air and rail" and "four-port integration" hubs, implemented measures to facilitate customs clearance of China-Europe trains, and created SCO special trains.
The customs superimposed a series of customs clearance facilitation measures such as customs clearance integration, railway rapid customs clearance, and special window handling of trains, and the trains completed the declaration, inspection and other procedures in one stop at Jiaozhou Customs, and arrived at Alashankou, Khorgos and other border ports without stopping and entering and exiting the country, which greatly improved the speed of customs clearance. Song Tao, deputy director of Jiaozhou Customs, said that in addition, Jiaozhou Customs has also launched personalized service measures such as weekends and holidays plus duty and on-site inspection to provide customs clearance guarantee for the stable and high-quality operation of China-Europe trains.
With the continuous expansion of the "circle of friends" in the SCO Demonstration Zone, the advantages of the China-Europe freight train channel have become more and more prominent, and more and more enterprises have chosen to transport import and export through the train. According to the statistics of Qingdao Customs, in 2023, 863 China-Europe trains will arrive and depart from the SCO Demonstration Zone, reaching a new high, with a year-on-year increase of 114%, import and export value 71$2.4 billion. Since the start of construction of the SCO Demonstration Zone in 2018, the customs has supervised the delivery of 3,249 China-Europe freight trains and 26 shipping containers70,000 TEUs, with a total weight of about 22450,000 tons.
In addition to traditional advantageous commodities such as tires, daily chemical products, and building materials, high value-added industrial products such as photovoltaics, home appliances, and automobiles have gradually become the main export force. Song Tao introduced that in the whole year of 2023, there will be more than 120,000 commercial vehicles were shipped to the SCO countries through the China-Europe Express, providing transportation support for enterprises to rapidly expand overseas markets in Europe and Asia.
While shipping more "Made in China" exports to countries along the route, the China-Europe freight train also carries a large number of raw materials urgently needed by enterprises such as wood, pulp, and wheat bran granules through the return train, forming a mature "two-way operation model".
Thanks to the rapid development of the China-Europe Express in the SCO Demonstration Zone, last year our company carried out the business of importing wheat bran granules on the return trip of the China-Europe Express, and the products are mainly large-scale breeding enterprises and feed enterprises in Shandong and Hubei. Lu Junlin, general manager of Qingdao Oushunhang cross-border e-commerce, said that through the "two-way operation model" of China-Europe trains, the company will complete exports of about 200 million yuan in 2023, an increase of more than 4 times, and imports of about 50 million yuan, an increase of 36%, and the ability to expand the international market has been continuously enhanced.
With the continuous growth of China and the "Belt and Road" partners, the number of China-Europe freight trains in the SCO Demonstration Zone continues to increase, and the coverage continues to expand. Up to now, the SCO Demonstration Zone has operated 21 international train routes on a regular basis, reaching 54 cities in 23 SCO and Belt and Road countries.
Popular news client Bai Xiao correspondent Yang Huixin )