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According to customs data released by the General Administration of Customs on June 7th, in the first five months of this year, the economy of the central and western regions continued to develop, the proportion of foreign trade imports and exports continued to increase, and the regional structure of China's foreign trade was further optimized.

Recently, a batch of steel rails produced by Pangang Group were shipped from Panzhihua, Sichuan under the supervision of Chengdu Customs, and sent to Malaysia through the Western Land Sea New Channel. As the first steel rail product in China to go global, Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group's steel rails have been exported to five continents including Asia, Africa, and North and South America, with a total of over 3 million tons of steel rails. They occupy a dominant position in China's total export of high-end railway rails. The steel rails used in the Yawan high-speed railway project, which is about to open this month, are all from this company.

Huang Zhongwei, Production and Operation Manager of Pangang Vanadium Rail and Beam Plant of Pangang Group: Our production line is the first 100 meter steel rail production line in China, producing 100 meter long fixed length steel rails. The rail height accuracy error can be controlled within 0.6 millimeters, and the flatness error can be controlled within 0.3 millimeters, representing the international advanced level.

Ding Wei, Deputy Director of the Port Supervision Office of Chengdu Customs: focusing on the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", Chengdu Customs supports Trans-Eurasia Logistics to open customized trains for Sichuan's characteristic products, launch the "Chengdu Europe+" ASEAN international rail sea intermodal train, the "Gulf of Tonkin Port Chengdu Europe" dual channel intermodal train, etc., to realize the normalization of the connection between the new land sea channel in the west and the Trans-Eurasia Logistics, and drive Sichuan enterprises to trade with countries along the "the Belt and Road", Welcome new opportunities.

To support the smooth export of steel rails, Chengdu Customs has tailored multiple facilitation measures for enterprises, allowing them to complete customs clearance procedures without leaving their homes. According to data from Chengdu Customs, in the first five months of this year, Sichuan's steel rail exports exceeded 80000 tons, a year-on-year increase of over 90%, continuing to maintain China's ranking as the top exporter of steel rails.

According to customs data, in the first five months of this year, the total import and export of the central and western regions reached 3.06 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.6%. Customs data shows that the proportion of China's total import and export value is 18.2%, a year-on-year increase of 0.4 percentage points.

Lv Daliang, Director of the Department of Statistics and Analysis of the General Administration of Customs: Driven by the regional coordinated development strategy, the level of opening up of the central and western regions of China has continued to improve. In the first five months, the import and export of the central and western regions maintained a leading trend, with the growth rate 2.9 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate. Customs data shows that the import and export of the central and western regions to countries along the "the Belt and Road" grew more than 30% year-on-year. (Transferred from: CCTV News Client)