With more than 500 to 3,000 types of products, the China-Laos railway is boosting trade
December 3rd is the three-year anniversary of the opening of the China-Laos railway. According to figures released by the Kunming Customs Department on the same day, the volume of goods transported across the border via the China-Laos railway over a three-year periodInstead, it has increased from more than 500 at the beginning to more than 3000 at present. The import and export trade volume supervised by Kunming Customs Department is more than 10.6 million tons and the value of goods is more than 44 billion yuan. Import export shippingIt is known that the peak month of operation was more than 510,000 tons, a 12.6 times increase compared to the first month of operation.
In the first 11 months of this year, 4 tons of goods were transported through the China-Laos train. 34 million were imported and exported, and the value of goods was 16.81 billion yuan, exceeding the whole year last year. Among them, the export amount of fruits via China-Laos railway is RMB158 million, an increase of 51 times over the same period. The amount of fruit imports was 3.81 billion yuan, an increase of 79.3% over the same period.