Auto & Transportation

On December 14, Quancheng Customs data showed that in November, the total number of China Europe trains (Qilu) operated in Jinan reached 137, with a month on month growth of 50.5% and a year on year growth of 144.6%, which was the historical peak of monthly operation since the operation of China Europe trains in Jinan.

Since this year, in the face of complex situations at home and abroad, Jinan Port Logistics Office has strengthened its analysis, research and judgment, and taken a series of powerful measures to promote China Europe Express to rise against the trend and maintain a good development trend in general by expanding the source of return goods, innovating business models and other measures.

According to customs data, since the second half of this year, Jinan China Europe Express has recovered steadily, ranking first in the province for five consecutive months. Among them, 137 trains were opened in November, a monthly record high. According to customs data, the province accounted for 50.4%, up 145% year on year, and the monthly circulation doubled.

The return train speeds up. The increase of return trains mainly comes from Russia and the five Central Asian countries. Returned goods include board, flaxseed, wheat bran particles, pulp, barley, sunflower seed kernel, alfalfa grass, peat soil, newsprint, rubber, cotton yarn and oats, and the import category is increasingly rich.

Jinan China Europe Express actively serves the export of enterprises. Through active and effective operation, we will continue to stabilize the supply of goods, focus on "Chinese brand" and "Made in China", realize the customization of trains and public transportation, and provide personalized services for enterprises such as Heavy Truck, Heavy Industry, Linglong Tire and Haier; Meet the needs of enterprises, deliver policies to the door, and attract local enterprises such as Taihe Biochemical, Elate New Energy, and Shandong Yunlu to use the train to carry out business.

At the same time, the China Europe Express in Jinan has developed steadily, and has introduced nearly 30 enterprises engaged in international trade, cross-border e-commerce, international logistics and other businesses to Jinan, which has promoted the development of foreign trade import and export in Jinan.

Jinan has enriched and improved the "train+" business model. Give full play to the advantages of stable and efficient trains, promote the integration and development of trains, cross-border e-commerce, cold chain logistics and other new forms of foreign trade, and launch the first "trains+cross-border e-commerce" and "trains+cold chain logistics" special trains in the province to meet the diversified needs of the market segments.

At the same time, the service chain of trains will be extended, "global shopping" will be carried out through trains, high-quality featured goods will be directly purchased from overseas sources, and expressway service areas throughout the province will be used for display and sales, expanding the service scope from the enterprise end to the user end. On November 17, the first flagship store of "Qilu Global Shopping" in Shandong Province opened in Jinan, truly enabling more consumers to enjoy the high-quality goods and services brought by China Europe Express.

Continue to expand coverage. At the same time of stable shipment of trains, Jinan further improved the layout of train operation routes. On the basis of a relatively sound route network in the direction of Central Europe and Central Asia, it deeply explored the overseas market. In October, it opened a new route to Azerbaijan by sea rail combined transport.

Up to now, there are 13 routes of China Europe regular trains in Jinan, which can directly connect 47 cities in 20 countries along the "the Belt and Road", and the radiation scope is further expanded.

The rapid development of China Europe regular trains in Jinan has contributed to the growth of foreign trade. According to the data of Jinan Customs, from January to November 2022, the total value of foreign trade import and export of Jinan will be RMB 198.8 billion, ranking fifth in the province, accounting for 6.6% of the total value of the province; The year-on-year (the same below) growth rate was 15.7%, ranking the 9th in the province. According to customs data, import and export to countries and regions along the "the Belt and Road" reached 75.5 billion yuan, up 28.7%, accounting for 38%.