The number of China-Europe trains running through Manzhouli land port hit 1,036 last year, up 88.24 percent year-on-year, according to statistics recently released by Manzhouli Customs in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Manzhouli is an important land port which borders Russia to the north and sits close to Mongolia to the west. . Since the first Suzhou-Manzhouli-Europe train travelled across Manzhouli on Sept. 30, 2013, the number of cross-border freight trains passing through it has increased remarkably. Now there are 25 regular train routes connecting Manzhouli with Russia and Europe, making the border city the land port handling the greatest number of Sino-Europe cargo trains in China.
According to the Manzhouli Customs, trains passing through Manzhouli last year carried a total of more than 70,000 standard containers valued at over US$3.6 billion . The main export commodities were electronic products and parts, clothes, household appliances and daily necessities; the main import commodities include wood panels and automobile parts.
Xu Xuemeng, an official in charge of logistics supervision at Manzhouli Customs, said the customs and their Russian counterparts have kept close cooperation and ensured a fast check and clearance procedure.
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Combined trade with countries along the Belt and Road amounted to 6.84 trillion yuan, up 14.8 percent from one year earlier.
Yingda Securities chief economist Li Daxiao said a string of favorable policies, including lower import tariffs and higher export tax rebates, also helped boost trade growth and stabilize the economic growth.
The country's economy expanded 6.5 percent in the third quarter, down from 6.7 percent in the second quarter but in line with the government's annual target.
Its imports of crude oil climbed 8.1 percent year on year to 377 million tonnes in the first 10 months. Coal imports increased 11.5 percent while those of copper surged 17.2 percent. However, auto imports dropped 5.3 percent compared with one year earlier.
At the ongoing first China International Import Expo, China vowed to import 40 trillion U.S. dollars worth of products and services in the next 15 years.