Auto & Transportation

At 3:00 p.m. on November 4, a "Yixin Europe" China Europe train, loaded with new energy vehicles, electric bicycles, daily necessities and other goods, set out from Yiwu, Zhejiang, and headed for Duisburg, Germany, thousands of miles away. Up to now, the "Yixin Europe" China Europe Express Yiwu Platform has opened 1287 round-trip trains to and from Germany, and the number of international trade import and export standard containers has exceeded 100000, reaching 103800. According to the data of Yiwu Customs, the accumulated import and export of the "Yixin Europe" China Europe Express to Germany reached 16.59 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 64.7%.

"The 'Yixin Europe' China Europe Express is not only an economic and trade train, but also a 'train of hope'." Ye Sheng, the person in charge of Yiwu Hongsheng Customs Declaration Agency Co., Ltd., said that the time of China Europe regular train transportation was nearly half shorter than the sea transportation mode, and many customers would take the initiative to request that their goods be transported by China Europe regular train. According to the customs data, the business volume of the company has maintained about 30% growth in recent years.

According to customs data, on November 18, 2014, the first Yiwu Madrid China Europe Express (Yiwu Madrid) started from Yiwu, passing through Hamburg, Duisburg and other cities in Germany, and its destination is Madrid, the capital of Spain, the largest small commodity distribution center in Europe. It is the longest running international train with the most countries. The operation of the train has opened the land channel for small commodities to Germany. Relying on the supply of goods and industrial advantages of the world's small commodity capital, Yixin Europe Express continues to maintain a rapid growth trend, and more and more commodities go to the world through the "iron and steel caravan" of "Yixin Europe" China Europe Express.

As an important stop of the "Yixin Europe" China Europe Express, China Europe Express from Yiwu to Germany is running more frequently. The number of scheduled trains to Deyi New Europe is increasing, and the transport goods are also changing quietly. According to customs data, from the initial export of small commodities to the current export of solar photovoltaic panels, automobile and spare parts, intelligent equipment, etc.

On October 11, the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany, Yang Jinfeng, Deputy Chief of the Second Supervision Section of Yiwu Customs, and Liu Weimin, a colleague, completed the inspection of a batch of new energy vehicles exported to Germany at the Yiwu railway port. After that, this batch of new energy vehicles will take the "Yixin Europe" China Europe Train to Duisburg, Germany, which takes only 14 days.

In order to ensure the smooth operation of the train, Yiwu Customs continued to promote 24-hour customs clearance and other facilitation measures, signed a memorandum of cooperation with the port customs, and promoted the bundled declaration of multi ticket transit documents, paperless transmission of transit documents and other measures. The train declared 100% in advance, and the customs clearance time of goods was reduced to 10 minutes.

In order to further play the role of train logistics channel, Yiwu Customs has opened up a "green channel" for China Europe train shipment, and implemented logistics models such as "sea rail+China Europe train", "domestic railway freight+China Europe train". Export and transit goods from Ningbo and other places in the province and even the Yangtze River Delta can be transferred to Yiwu by rail, and then transported out of the country by China Europe train, effectively relieving the pressure on road transport capacity.

"We will continue to promote the high-quality development of train trains and let more and more 'Made in China' take the 'Iron and Steel Camel Team' to the world." Zhou Huawei, head of the Second Supervision Section of Yiwu Customs, said.