Translation. Region: Russian Federal
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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) — The number of vehicles passing through the Manzhouli Port of China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region under the TIR (Transport International Road) system reached 378 in the first four months of 2025, 4.5 times more than the same period last year and hitting a new all-time high, according to data from Manzhouli Customs.
TIR is a global system for simplifying customs procedures in the field of international cross-border freight transport, based on UN conventions. It helps improve the efficiency of customs clearance and contributes to the simplification and security of multilateral trade and international transport by simplifying customs clearance procedures.
Since the resumption of TIR operations at Manzhouli Port, the number of TIR routes has increased to 18, according to the website of the General Administration of Customs.
“With the help of the TIR system, the transportation time of goods for enterprises has been shortened, the freight costs have been greatly reduced, so TIR transportation has become the first choice for more and more enterprises,” said Zhou Jian, director of Guanghao International Freight Forwarding Company in Manzhouli.
In the future, Manzhouli Customs will continue to promote the development of China’s trade with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, make every effort to realize the complementarity of resources between TIR transportation and China-Europe international railway freight transportation, and further unleash the potential of TIR transportation, Manzhouli Customs added.
The Manzhouli checkpoint is the largest land checkpoint on the Sino-Russian border, accounting for over 65 percent of the volume of goods transported by land in Sino-Russian trade.