At 18:00 on May 27, 2021, a return train of "Yixin Europe" loaded with auto parts, chemical raw materials, artificial slate and other goods slowly entered the Alashankou port. The train departs from Poland and enters at the Alashankou port after passing through Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan and other countries. The destination is Yiwu, Zhejiang.

According to Alashankou Customs statistics, as of May 27 in 2021, the number of China-Europe trains passing through the Alashankou port reached 2,388, a year-on-year increase of 46.9%. Among them, there were 1065 return trains, a year-on-year increase of 67.3% and a breakthrough of 1,000 over the same period in 2020. The train was advanced 67 days, and the return train carried 1.002 million tons of freight. Li Hongfeng, Section Chief of the Second Section of Alashankou Customs Supervision: “At present, the freight volume of the return train at the port has exceeded the export freight volume of 210,000 tons. The imported goods carried are mainly automobiles, engineering materials, wood, concentrate products, etc., especially Zinc ingots, timber and other cargoes further increase the freight volume of the return train, which has become a new feature of the changes in the China-Europe train.

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In order to serve the efficient customs clearance of return trains, Alashankou Customs has actively implemented various support measures by the General Administration of Customs and Urumqi Customs, optimized service levels, set up special windows, and implemented a 24-hour customs clearance system for China-Europe trains; simplified customs clearance procedures for trains and implemented them. Import transit is exempted from filling in the truck number, "second-level release", canceling export waybills and stamping release, and increasing the intensity of manifest merging; the mergeable cargo manifest data should be returned as soon as possible Review, guide and standardize manifest data filling, effectively reduce the workload of the enterprise; strengthen communication and collaboration, closely cooperate with the railway department, customs and agency companies at the origin, actively coordinate the priority grouping and delivery of the railway department, and minimize the stay time of the train at the port , Effectively guarantee the efficient customs clearance of trains.

"Alashankou Port is the closest port to Europe. The number of China-Europe Express trains entering the country through Alashankou ranks first in the country. In order to continuously coordinate the epidemic prevention and control work and transportation guarantee organization, we optimize the transportation production organization and strictly implement various epidemic prevention Measures to achieve stable operation of China-Europe trains and continuous growth in transportation volume." said Guo San, Chief of Operation Management Section of Alashankou Station.

In order to speed up the efficiency of inbound cargo reloading, Alashankou Station takes the initiative to tap the potential and increase efficiency, scientifically coordinate personnel and machinery management, optimize the transportation organization plan of the train, so that the wide-gauge arrives and heavy trains are transferred and pulled out in time, and the station pick-up capacity is improved The speed of shunting, loading and unloading and information flow reduces the time for taking and sending vehicles. At the same time, it strengthened the security monitoring and control of container yard operations, dynamically grasped the arrival information of China-Europe trains, and improved the transportation efficiency of China-Europe trains in accordance with the working methods of “priority handling, priority ticketing, priority replacement, priority formation, and priority departure”.

Wang Rui, a salesperson of Xinjiang Alashankou Giant Logistics Co., Ltd.: "Customs and railways have tailored the China-Europe freight train clearance plan for us. The freight train business is readily available, which provides a lot of convenience for our company. Now we pass paperless With the integrated system, it only takes half an hour to complete the customs clearance procedures for a whole train."

At present, the China-Europe Express trains passing through the Alashankou Port can reach 13 countries including Germany, Poland, and Russia, and carry goods in 8 categories including automobiles and accessories, cotton yarn, wood, iron ore, food, machinery and equipment, electronic products, and daily necessities. More than 200 species have provided impetus for countries and regions along the Belt and Road to strengthen economic and trade cooperation and unleash their potential. Editor/Tian Zengpeng