China-Europe trains connect to 24 European countries! The cumulative value of goods is nearly 300 billion US dollars!

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On the morning of August 18, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference to introduce the "China-Europe Railway Express Development Report (2021)".

The report shows, as of the end of 2021, a total of 49,000 China-Europe trains have operated, transporting 4.432 million TEUs of goods, reaching 180 cities in 23 European countries., the logistics service network covers the entire Eurasian continent and has become an international public logistics product widely recognized by countries along the route.

As of the end of July this year, China-Europe freight trains had run more than 57,000 trains, transporting 5.3 million TEUs of goods, with a heavy-case rate of 98.3% and a cumulative cargo value of nearly US0 billion. transportThe types of goods transported have gradually expanded from IT products such as mobile phones and computers in the early days of the line to 53 categories and more than 50,000 varieties such as clothing, shoes and hats, automobiles and accessories, grain, wine, coffee beans, and wood, covering countries and regions along the route. All aspects of people's production and life needs.

As of the end of July 2022, China-Europe trains have reached 24 countries in Europe, including Germany, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Spain, the Netherlands, Belarus, France, Latvia, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Finland, Austria, Italy, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Turkey, Lithuania, Serbia, Ukraine, Georgia, Norway, and Romania.

In addition, the report pointed out that in order to effectively make up for the shortage of international air and shipping capacity affected by the epidemic and further smoothen the transportation channels for international mail and cross-border e-commerce commodities, since the year before last, the customs has actively supported postal companies and logistics companies in using China-Europe freight trains for transportation The backlog of inbound and outbound mail and cross-border e-commerce products affected by the epidemic.

Give full play to the advantages of China-Europe freight trains such as low cost and low freight, attracting local cross-border e-commerce products to leave the country through China-Europe freight trains, providing strong support for small and medium-sized enterprises to smooth logistics channels and support the stable development of foreign trade.

The main tasks of the Customs in recent years include:

The first is to introduce ten measures to support the development of China-Europe freight trains.These include supporting enterprises to independently choose customs clearance modes, supporting the merging of manifests to reduce the number of customs declarations and reducing customs declaration costs, supporting China-Europe trains to carry out mixed transportation of domestic and foreign trade goods, supporting multi-modal transport services with railway transportation as a link to carry out multi-way customs transfer, Strengthen the equipment and application of non-intrusive inspection equipment to improve inspection efficiency and promote the development of China-Europe freight trains and facilitate customs clearance.

The second is to strengthen the construction of information systems to improve operational efficiency.On the basis of pilot projects, comprehensively promote the application of railway manifests and railway transportation management systems to achieve paperless information exchange between customs and railway departments, reduce the need for enterprises to send personnel to the site to deliver orders, manual review and confirmation by customs and other paper-based operations, and improve Efficiency of railway port customs clearance operations.

The third is to actively support the construction of China-Europe freight train assembly center.The customs, together with the railway department, promotes the implementation of the railway inbound and outbound express customs clearance business model to improve the efficiency and facilitation of customs transit transportation on the domestic section of China-Europe trains. The first outbound express business and the first inbound express business have been launched in Urumqi and Chongqing respectively. implementation. At the same time, the customs has actively strengthened cooperation with the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation to promote the implementation of a land-based port of departure tax refund pilot with the Xi'an International Port Zone railway station as the departure port and Xinjiang Alashankou and Horgos railway ports as departure ports. Enhance the gathering center function.

In the next step, the customs will continue to strengthen cooperation with relevant departments, continue to provide supervision services for China-Europe trains, and promote the high-quality development of China-Europe trains.

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