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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — Cargo turnover through five checkpoints located in the southern part of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region increased by 63.3 percent year-on-year in the first eight months of this year, the Xinjiang Daily newspaper reported, citing Kashgar Customs.
These border crossings include Irkeshtam and Torugart on the Chinese-Kyrgyz border, Karasu on the border with Tajikistan, Khunjerab on the border with Pakistan, and the Kashgar air crossing.
In particular, the volume of cargo traffic through Irkeshtam increased by 67.4 percent year-on-year during the reporting period, driven by the 24/7 customs clearance system (24 hours a day, 7 days a week), which was launched on a trial basis in June of this year. It is the first border crossing in southern Xinjiang to operate 24 hours a day.
The Torugart border crossing point saw a significant increase in incoming and outgoing passenger traffic: in the first eight months of this year, the number of border crossings through it totaled nearly 20,000 people, a 339 percent increase from the previous year. This was primarily due to an increase in outgoing and incoming workers participating in the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway.
During the same period, 98 percent more commercial vehicles were exported through the Karasu checkpoint, amounting to 14,600 units.
Moreover, in January-August, the volume of cargo transportation through the Khunjerab checkpoint, which began year-round operation at the end of 2024, increased by 93 percent compared to the same period last year.
At the Kashgar air crossing, where additional cargo and passenger routes to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries were opened this year, an air service network has been established covering Central and South Asia. In the first eight months of this year, inbound and outbound tourist traffic through this airport increased by 47 percent year-on-year.
In order to further simplify customs procedures, various departments of the Kashgar Prefecture government, including the administration of the Economic and Technological Development Zone and the Comprehensive Bonded Zone, have undertaken coordination efforts with customs services, making good use of the functions of the five border crossings as logistics hubs.
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