Chinanews.com Urumqi On June 19, the first batch of China-Europe freight trains "China-Jiang-Ukraine" road-rail combined transport international freight trains left the Irkeshtan port on the 18th. This is also the first domestic "rail-road-rail" train. The China-Europe freight train is organized in the mode of combined transportation, and the international highway TIR relay transportation is carried out by means of port container hoisting.

The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan international freight train departed from Dongchuan, Lanzhou on June 5. After being transported to Kashgar, Xinjiang by railway, it left the country from Irkeshtan port by road to Osh, Kyrgyzstan, and then arrived in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, by rail. The whole journey takes about 7-10 days (saving about 5 days). On the outgoing journey of this train, export electrical products (cargo weight of 230 tons and value of about 2.6 million US dollars) will be shipped. Imported cotton yarn (cargo weight of 525 tons and value of goods) will be shipped on the return journey. About 1 million US dollars), realizing the true point-to-point, heavy-duty, return-to-return transportation, and the first China-Europe train organized by the "rail-road-rail" multimodal transportation method in China.

In order to fully implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, closely focus on the national development strategy and the construction of the core area of ​​Xinjiang, and make every effort to ensure the normal and orderly operation of the China-Europe Railway Express, according to the "Measures for Customs to Support the Development of China-Europe Railway Express" issued by the Party Committee of the General Administration of Customs, Urumqi Customs has researched and formulated the "Twelve Measures of Urumqi Customs on Supporting the Development of China-Europe Railway Express". In order to promote the normal operation and high-quality development of the "China-Jiangsu" railway, Urumqi Customs is affiliated to Irkeshtan Customs and conscientiously implements the customs. The General Administration and Urumqi Customs have formulated measures to support the development of China-Europe freight trains, formulate special customs clearance plans, optimize the customs clearance operation mode, and implement priority handling, inspection, and release for freight trains.

Liu Zhenhui, project director of Jet Logistics Co., Ltd., said: "All the trains use 40-foot containers, export electrical products on the outgoing journey, and imported cotton yarn on the return journey, realizing the true point-to-point, heavy-to-return, round-trip transportation. The channel saved nearly 5 days in transit time and nearly 300 kilometers in operational routes, ultimately saving operational costs.”

Minaval Yilam, Deputy Chief of Irkeshtan Customs Supervision Section, said: "Irkeshtan Customs conscientiously implements the relevant measures of the General Administration of Customs to support the development of China-Europe freight trains, combined with port epidemic prevention and control and support for enterprises The actual work of resuming work and production requires detailed measures to support the development of China-Europe freight trains, working overtime, and fully supporting the development of China-Europe freight trains in terms of supporting enterprises to independently choose customs clearance modes, reducing customs clearance costs, and improving customs clearance time. Expanding new space for opening to the west will further strengthen the role of the Irkeshtan port in the "Belt and Road", and promote the liberalization and facilitation of two-way circulation of international trade."

The opening of this train will further strengthen Xinjiang's role as a "core area" in the golden section of the "Belt and Road", and expand new space for opening to the west.

In the next step, the train will be operated on a weekly basis, and the density of trains will be increased in the future according to the market acceptance.