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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — A train loaded with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) yarn and thread, departing from Shaoxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, arrived in Kashgar Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Sunday. The cargo will then be transported by road to Uzbekistan via the Torugart border crossing. This marks the first shipment of mixed rail and road freight from the aforementioned city to be sent abroad after transshipment in Kashgar, and marks the opening of a new freight route in Kashgar, the prefectural administration press office reported, citing local customs.
As it turns out, there are currently 16 similar routes operating through Kashgar on a regular basis.
An innovative export cargo transportation model combining rail and road transport was introduced by the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and China Railway Corporation last September, significantly reducing logistics costs for enterprises and significantly increasing the efficiency of transit shipments.
Over the past year, since the implementation of this model, more than 1,300 consignments of goods within the framework of this type of transportation have undergone customs clearance in Kashgar.
Local customs officials have promised to further strengthen Kashgar's role as a hub for mixed freight transport by rail and road.
Let us recall that, according to the results of the first eight months of this year, the volume of foreign trade of the district amounted to 77.67 billion yuan (10.93 billion US dollars), which is 12.2 percent more than a year earlier. -0-
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