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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) — Alashankou border crossing in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region allowed a total of 9.657 million tons of import and export cargo into and out of the country in the first four months of this year, up 6.1 percent year-on-year, local media reported, citing data from Alashankou Customs.
The range of goods imported through the said checkpoint during the reporting period mainly consisted of iron ore and its concentrate, iron alloys and frozen meat. At the same time, exports were mainly represented by electromechanical and high-tech products, clothing and accessories and other products.
In January-April of this year, the volume of cargo transportation via the Alashankou railway checkpoint continued to grow, accounting for more than 50 percent of the total cargo turnover via Alashankou. At the same time, the volume of cargo passing through the Alashankou automobile border crossing increased by 42.1 percent year-on-year.
The city of Alashankou is located in the Bortala-Mongolian Autonomous Region of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. On its territory there is a road and railway checkpoint of the same name on the border with Kazakhstan. -0-