CCTV News: General Administration of Customs reported that in 2024, the import and export of goods in 12 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in western my country exceeded the 4 trillion yuan mark for the first time, reaching 4.05 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.3% year-on-year.
On February 28, at Chengdu Railway Port, an important hub of the Western Land-Sea New Passage, a batch of electronic products from different enterprises were innovatively adopted the "check first and then shipment" method to efficiently enclose, compressing customs clearance time by 50% and reducing logistics costs by 20%. After customs clearance, this batch of goods can reach their destination Poland in 12 days by taking the China-Europe freight train, which is more than 20 days shorter than the traditional shipping model.
The open channel runs out of a "new speed". Today, the logistics network of the Western Land-Sea New Channel has covered 125 countries and regions, significantly improving logistics efficiency.
Thailand longan takes at least 10 days from picking to arriving in Chongqing, while the China-Laos and Thailand cold chain train only takes 88 hours. The direct route network between Qinzhou Port in Beibu Gulf and Southeast Asian countries is getting denser and denser. Chongqing-produced automobile parts are exported to Indonesia. Through rail-sea transport, the export of Qinzhou Port in Guangxi can be shortened by more than 10 days compared to the traditional route of going to sea through the eastern region, and the logistics cost is reduced by nearly half.
Xiao Xiaowen, deputy director of the Chengdu Customs Statistical Analysis Department, introduced that in 2024, the western region imported and exported 249.95 billion yuan through railway transportation, an increase of 14.4%. The role of logistics "major arteries" such as the China-Europe Express, China-Laos Railway, and the Western Land-Sea New Channel has been further exerted.
