China's Jiangsu reports rising freight value for China-Europe cargo trains in 2023

This aerial photo taken on April 28, 2023 shows a China-Europe freight train pulling out from the China-Kazakhstan (Lianyungang) logistics cooperation base in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)

NANJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- East China's economic powerhouse Jiangsu Province saw the total freight value for the China-Europe freight train service hit 30.32 billion yuan (about 4.27 billion U.S. dollars) last year, local authorities said Friday.

This freight value marks an increase of 8.3 percent year on year, according to Nanjing Customs in the provincial capital.

On Jan. 1, a China-Europe freight train loaded with refrigerators and washing machines departed from Jiangsu (Suzhou) International Railway Logistics Center and is expected to arrive in Kazakhstan in 12 days.

"In 2023, we served more than 500 production enterprises in transporting goods through China-Europe freight trains involving nearly 10 categories of goods such as home appliances and electronic products," said Shou Ting, customs department manager at Suzhou Datian international freight transport agency Co., Ltd.

A batch of polypropylene plastic particles from Kazakhstan, with a value of 7.53 million yuan, arrived in Nanjing comprehensive bonded zone on Monday which were then stored and sold in the bonded zone.

Foreign enterprises can carry out transportation, warehousing and sales simultaneously while the goods are in transit to the zone, said Kang Zheng, deputy director of the Jiangbei office of Jinling customs. ■