Xinjiang's fruits make inaugural journey on express trucks to central Asian market

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Xinjiang's fruits make inaugural journey on express trucks to central Asian market

2024-05-12 16:23 Last Updated At：20:47

Several express trucks carrying fresh fruits on Saturday started a journey from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, making a direct trip to Almaty, Kazakhstan, capitalizing on the expedited customs clearance privileges.

This express line employs high-performance large trucks for seamless cross-border transportation of goods. In accordance with the "International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods" guidelines, the goods on the trucks can be dispatched from the originating warehouse and delivered to the destination warehouse without customs inspections or container openings along the route, thereby significantly reducing clearance time and transportation costs.

In this mode, customs officials handle the consolidation, loading, and inspection procedures for the exported produce at a fruit and vegetable wholesale market located in Xinjiang. Once these vehicles reach the Horgos Port, a major border junction in Xinjiang connecting China and Central Asia, they can proceed directly to Kazakhstan without further delays.

This streamlined and efficient cross-border transportation process means much lower cost for exporters.

"For our merchants, this is a significant advantage as it reduces transportation time. Previously, going through the port procedures would add an extra day to the transit. But the express trucking mode saves a day of transportation time and eliminates the need for two transshipments. Merchants can now complete all relevant customs procedures here in one go, providing them with great convenience and benefiting their business tremendously," said Zhou Kai, person in charge of the wholesale market for agricultural products.

In the past, the transportation process of exporting fruits and vegetables from key markets in Xinjiang to Central Asia involved transporting the goods to ports for inspection and customs clearance. This procedure not only consumed a significant amount of time but also led to substantial losses of perishable produce.

However, the fresh customs clearance mode is now establishing a door-to-door transportation system with Central Asian countries. This streamlined approach has reduced the transportation time sharply by more than 50 percent, while also minimizing goods loss by around 3 percent.

Emergency responses triggered across eastern China in face of Typhoon Bebinca

2024-09-16 23:08 Last Updated At：09-17 02:17

Cities in China's Yangtze River Delta region have triggered emergency responses, including cancellation of trains and flights, road closures, and the relocation of affected civilians, after Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai on Monday, causing extensive disruption as it moves northwestward.

Bebinca, the 13th typhoon of the year, made landfall in the Pudong District of Shanghai around 07:30 on Monday morning.

At the time of landfall, the maximum wind speed near the eye of the storm was about 42 meters per second, making it the strongest typhoon to land in Shanghai in decades.

In preparation for the storm, the city had relocated over 410,000 residents, canceled 577 trains and 1,461 flights.

On Monday afternoon, the first flights landed at Pudong International Airport and Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai since the two airports announced on Sunday evening that all flights were cancelled because of Bebinca.

In nearby Jiangsu Province, cities including Nantong and Suzhou have been lashed by gales and strong rainfall. Expressways in parts of Suzhou, Nantong, Wuxi and Changzhou cities were closed while reduced speed limits, toll booth closures and the closures of bridges across the the Yangtze River were also put into effect.

Over 21,000 vessels have returned to ports in Jiangsu, while more than 7,700 construction sites and 315 scenic spots in the province have also been closed.

In Zhejiang Province's eastern coastal city of Zhoushan, local authorities relocated over 44,000 residents living in the danger-prone regions.

At 15:00 on Monday, China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters lowered the emergency response for Shanghai and Zhejiang from the previous Level III to Level IV, while the emergency response status for Jiangsu and east China's Anhui Province has been maintained at Level IV.

China's National Meteorological Center said that Bebinca will bring more heavy or torrential rain to Shanghai, northern Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, Anhui and Henan in the next three days.