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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
URUMQI, May 5 (Xinhua) — The volume of fruits and vegetables exported through the Horgos port on the China-Kazakhstan border in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has grown rapidly since the beginning of this year.
According to Khorgos Customs, 179 thousand tons of fruits and vegetables were exported through the Khorgos checkpoint in the first three months of this year, which is 60.2 percent more year-on-year. The main importers of fruit and vegetable products were Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Russia.
“This year, our company has exported a huge batch of potatoes, especially to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan,” said Yu Chengzhong, chairman of the board of Horgos Jinyi International Trade (Group) Co., Ltd.
In order to reduce the time and costs of customs clearance of goods, the Khorgos checkpoint constantly optimizes the overall customs clearance process, closely coordinating its actions with the relevant authorities, ensuring the preservation of the freshness of exported fruits and vegetables.
According to the representative of the Khorgos Customs, Yang Qiang, a special channel has been set up at the customs, thanks to which timely registration, inspection and dispatch of batches of fruits and vegetables as they arrive at the customs point is carried out, which in turn guarantees the preservation of maximum freshness of the products.
Let us recall that Khorgos is located near the border with Kazakhstan and is the country’s first-class land port with the longest history and the largest total volume of transportation in the western region of China. Today, 87 international railway freight routes pass through Khorgos, connecting 18 countries. -0-