Date: September 7, 2023 Source: "China National Times"
A few days ago, a China-Europe train consisting of 51 containers and loaded with daily necessities, textile fabrics, machinery accessories and other goods departed from the Horgos Railway Port and headed for Kolyadzic, Belarus, marking the beginning of the Horgos Railway The number of China-Europe (Central Asia) trains passing through the port exceeded the 5,000 mark 26 days ahead of last year.
The Horgos Customs affiliated to Urumqi Customs actively implements the outcomes of the China-Central Asia Summit, promotes railway transportation from China to Central Asia, integrates the transportation mode with the Horgos Railway Station, and realizes paperless information exchange between the customs and railway departments. Real-time verification and automatic verification will continue to reduce the overall operating time; at the same time, a special window for China-Europe train services will be set up to provide an all-weather reservation customs clearance mode, deepen the use of the railway manifest system, fully release the reform efficiency of the "railway express" model, and realize the railway The seamless connection of reloading, customs transfer and verification, line pushing inspection and other operations further smoothes the international logistics channel.
Wei Chunguang, Chief of the Third Section of Customs Supervision in Horgos, said: “In order to provide enterprises with efficient customs clearance convenience and improve the traffic rate of China-Europe trains, the customs continues to take practical measures to improve the quality and efficiency of serving China-Europe trains and implement them. We will detail various service measures and provide facilitation measures such as advance declaration and manifest merging to further reduce the processing time for class trains and improve the efficiency of port customs clearance."
“Recently, we have strengthened the organization of trains to Central Asia. The number of Central Asian trains entering and exiting through Horgos Station has not only increased, but the transportation methods have also become more diversified. New transportation such as road-rail multimodal transport This method has accelerated the circulation of goods between China and the five Central Asian countries. Currently, a large number of daily necessities, commercial vehicles, electrical appliances and other Chinese commodities are being shipped to the five Central Asian countries via trains. The grain, oil and other agricultural products brought back are selling well in the domestic market. ." introduced Ma Xiaogang, dispatcher of the Production Safety Command Center of Horgos Station.
At present, the total number of trains passing through the Horgos Railway Port has exceeded 30,000, and the total number of train routes has reached 77. It can reach 18 countries and 45 cities and regions overseas. China-Europe trains have become a major link between Europe and Asia. important bridge.
In the next step, Horgos Customs will base its efforts on Xinjiang’s regional and industrial advantages, serve the high-quality development of the ancient Silk Road that has lasted for thousands of years, and make customs contributions to building a closer China-Central Asia community with a shared future.
