A few days ago, the China-Europe freight train (Qilu) to Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, set off from Qingdao Multimodal Transport Center, the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone. This is the first China-Europe freight train (Qilu) to depart from the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone to Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.
It is reported that this train has a total of 100 standard containers with a cargo value of about 1.66 million US dollars. The export enterprise has completed all the formalities of declaration and clearance in advance at the Jiaozhou Customs, which belongs to Qingdao Customs, and will be transported to Horgos Port for exit. It is expected to arrive in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in about 15 days.
Zhang Dong, Deputy Director General of the Department of Eurasia of the Ministry of Commerce, said that since the completion and operation of the multimodal transport center, the number of freight trains has been increasing year by year, the quality of operation has been improving rapidly, and the brand effect has been constantly emerging. The “Shanghai Cooperation Express Line” has played a positive role in promoting the connectivity between China and the SCO countries. The launch of this train marks another step forward in the joint construction of “One Belt And One Road” between China and Tajikistan, and is of important milestone significance for deepening bilateral economic and trade cooperation.
At present, platform companies operating China-Europe freight trains have successively set new freight records, and most of the railway entry and exit ports are about to reach the limit of loading and release capacity. June, and demonstration on multimodal transport center of central Europe trains shipment using export transit mode, practical questions of cargo customs declaration, document examination, order and release all completed in jiaozhou customs, the goods arrived at the railway port system automatically cancel after verification to release the goods after the customs, the move can provide more convenient customs clearance for Shanghai demonstration area, At the same time, the efficiency of railway ports will be improved.
Up to now, the Shanghai Cooperation Multimodal Transport Center has operated 20 international and domestic freight trains, and opened several “Shanghai Cooperation Express” lines to Bishkek of Kyrgyzstan and Tashkent of Uzbekistan. In the first half of this year, a total of 297 freight trains were launched to Eurasia, up 82% year on year, among which 243 were to Central Asia, up 57%. We are speeding up efforts to build a “sea port” for SCO countries to the Asia-Pacific market.
